Monday, April 13, 2009

Infection?

Oh, one more thing I forgot to add.  I got the dreaded phone call from Dr. Shapiro's assistant on Thursday.  Apparently, I had a 'late growth' on the culture that was taken when they drained the hematoma.  Dr. Shaprio seems to think that it could have been contamination.  And I'm not sure what day after surgery this 'growth' appeared.  Usually they only culture it for 5 days...so not sure if this was on the 5th or 6th day after surgery.

I'm now back on antibiotics for 6 days.  I'll find out from Dr. Shapiro on Wednesday what to do next.  Mentally, I'm preparing for having to have a pic line for a month.  And hoping that's not the case.  Definitely a big bummer.

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