One day, Mom noticed that his heels were a bit red. A couple days later he had some oozing blisters. Then, when the blisters broke open, there was a hole all the way down to muscle and I could feel the bone underneath. A “bedsore” is a disastrous wound. In the last several posts I have discussed skin tears. They are common as people get older. Fortunately, bedsores are less common than skin tears. But bedsores, now more commonly called “pressure sores”,  are much more serious. They often result in prolonged hospitalization and nursing home […]