nootka
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Hi!
A few weeks ago I posted about my friend and associate, Bill, who came down with an infected leg from a small wound in his shin. It was complicated by cellulitis. He came home from the hospital after very nearly losing his leg (the infection was a streptococcus bacteria). He's been in bed almost exclusively although his wife and I have been encouraging him to get up and around a bit more. When he does, though, the lower leg turns very dusky purple again almost like when it was not responding to the antibiotics. He didn't have any surgery on it and it looks to me to be healing well (his doctor is also very pleased), but I wonder if any one else here might have experienced a similar situation and what your recovery time was, were you encouraged or discouraged from walking around by your physician and what you experienced as you recovered....he goes back May 1 to see his doctor and we're all getting together a list of questions for that next visit...
Thanks in advance!
Liz
A few weeks ago I posted about my friend and associate, Bill, who came down with an infected leg from a small wound in his shin. It was complicated by cellulitis. He came home from the hospital after very nearly losing his leg (the infection was a streptococcus bacteria). He's been in bed almost exclusively although his wife and I have been encouraging him to get up and around a bit more. When he does, though, the lower leg turns very dusky purple again almost like when it was not responding to the antibiotics. He didn't have any surgery on it and it looks to me to be healing well (his doctor is also very pleased), but I wonder if any one else here might have experienced a similar situation and what your recovery time was, were you encouraged or discouraged from walking around by your physician and what you experienced as you recovered....he goes back May 1 to see his doctor and we're all getting together a list of questions for that next visit...
Thanks in advance!
Liz