I was planning on only updating you once per week, but I have some unfortunate recovery news.
As I was in physical therapy yesterday, Dr. Jim O' Rourke (Focus Physical Therapy, Montclair, NJ) noticed that only one of my sterile strips was still covering one left leg incision. He noticed that there was some discoloration on the strip and asked if he could remove it. Obviously, I agreed and this is what we saw:
Sorry for all of my readers with sensitive stomachs! However, this incision clearly appeared INFECTED. I guess I caught it early, since the surrounding skin was not swollen, red or hot. As you can see in this photograph, it appears that the incision is only infected on the surface, however, I wanted to be safe.
I emailed Dr. Coleman and his physician's assistant (Kira) a picture. Long story short? They thought it looked "funky" and diagnosed an infection. They prescribed me the antibiotic Cephalexin for 5 days. I take 4 pills a day at 500mg. Let's hope this doesn't get worse!
In lighter news, I'm still championing through my biking and physical therapy, but I am itching to get on the elliptical and back to Pilates class.
Happy Friday!
XX,
The Infected One
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