Staphylococcus aureus As a clinical specialist for a pacemaker company, I know that anytime surgery is performed in an area where there is scar tissue from a previous surgery, the risk for infection is higher. My leg is no different. I noticed some swelling and tenderness in the suture line on my left lower leg this morning. It was a little pink around the edges of the incision. No drainage and I had no fever, however I knew that something was brewing. When my wife came home tonite, she looked at it and noticed that the pink area had become red and spread and was still puffy. I called Dr. L's office and let them know what was going on. Dr. L was in surgery, but he wanted me to come down to the hospital where he could look at my leg in between surgeries. Needless to say, he agreed with me that it looked like an early infection and he put me on some antibiotics. Word to the wise.... better to be too cautious than to wait too long and end up with a bad infection. There are some pretty nasty "bugs" that can cause tissue to become necrotic. We are talking hospitalization and debridment... Not fun.......
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Congrats on a successful surgery and nipping the infection early. Hope recovery goes smoothly - I'll be keeping track of your progress.
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