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Brat, I’ll bet you’re referring to an Una boot and Silvadene Creme.

We’re going thru something very similar with a family member. The Una boot treatment was used for years as ours is a recurring issue, but it isn’t working anymore in our case. However, ours has always been arterial.

Jim, I would very much appreciate it if you’d put me on your pings for this so I can keep up with your treatments. So far, they’re identical.

Not sure the name of the boot Dad wore for years, but it was a post-surgical boot that prevented any mobility of the foot and ankle. I'm positive the slave was not Silvadene Cream because it was prescribed to me, the salve Dad used was a clear petrolium-base, the consistency of Vasaline. It did a wonderful job of healing the open sores and regenerating new skin growth in dead skin areas.

The compression stocking was the saving grace to eliminate the edima. The Specialist explained edima in laymen's terms we could understand... fluid gets trapped in between layers of skin and it has nowhere to go. The compression stocking forces the fluids back into the tissues, squeezing it out from being trapped between the layers of skin. With forced continued compression the pockets between layers of skin, which were occupied with excess fluids, are eventually eliminated and skin layers are restored and functioning.

Dad is a heart patient (coronary artery disease, triple by-pass, eventual atrial flutter which led to a pace-maker) and his cardiologist nixed the idea of using the compression stocking, reasoning it may cause another heart episode. The Wound Care Specialist forged ahead with a treatment plan that resulted in a full recovery of this issue for my Dad.