How to wash with Hickman line?

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Hi

Has anyone had any experience successfully keeping a Hickman line site dry while washing their child?

My 7 year old loves baths, which are sadly out of the question for as many years as he has the hickman line, but I can't even shower him without getting the site wet. I was told not to get the ends wet (which I manage ok by putting them in a zip lock bag), as well as the actual wound site. It's not high up, like I've read a lot are usually placed; it's quite low on his side, almost at waist level. So there's no avoiding getting it wet. Why can't I find any solutions anywhere?!

I've read some people use clingfilm. That was a massive fail this evening.

The Tegaderm dressing supplied by the first hospital was great and waterproof. However, it was incredibly painful to remove. The dressings supplied by the next 2 hospitals are pretty useless as far as I can tell - they peel around the edges and are coming up within hours of them being put on; so there's no hope of them staying on during a shower...yet they don't completely come off. Although not as painful to remove as the Tegaderm, they are still painful, so i don't want to be changing it daily.

Does anyone have any suggestions that worked for them?

No real help but were you shown how to remove tegaderm properly?
If you try to peel it off the skin it really hurts, you should lift a tiny bit and the pull in a straight line extending the dressing and then releasing it. Repeat as needed. This might help if you can buy some more tegaderm from a pharmacy perhaps

Hi, thanks for your reply. No, we weren't shown, but I've watched nurses doing it over the last couple of months. Nothing makes it pain-free, unfortunately. Using the water that comes in the little pouches and peeling bit by bit is the best approach, but still scream-inducingly painful.

I would happily buy more tegaderm, but as the dressing needs to be changed a minimum of once a week, I don't want to use something that's even more painful to get off (although is great for showering).