My 69 year old husband was successfully recovering from knee surgery 2 months ago. He was at the beach with our daughter and granddaughters and cut operated leg on a rock in the ocean. He went to Urgent Care that same day but it has now become infected. The stitches have been removed so that it can drain properly. He has been on massive doses of antibiotics in all forms. A doctor yesterday said she wanted him seen there. It is swollen, red although the pain has lessened. Sometimes a lot of things seem to just go wrong. He also has prostrate cancer and has to deal with it being removed soon. On another note we can't sell our house. Just a last minute whine I had to add for some release from all the angst.
Next time if it involves anything or any place dirty and the skin is broken right through, full thickness, I'll know to jump up and down and make a huge fuss about it.
Of course, it is also a heads-up about where will we all be when antibiotics stop working, and I do respect current policies related to antibiotic resistance, but for heaven's sake!
And my DH got a life threatening infection after back surgery. Multiple trips to wound care, and I was taught how to pack it at home. IV antibiotics at home for 2 months. This is nothing to mess around with. Those specialists know what they’re doing.
Only had 1 experience with specialised Wound Care Nurse - but very pleased! Emergency care put steri strips on my sister's small head wound. Over hair! (As she refused to have it shaved - another story.. I wasn't there to insist). Useless & fell off. Deep wound appeared underneath within days.
Wound Nurse very thorough, f/up appointments, photos taken to compare. Instructed us how to manage at home. We also used the silver tape to be packed into wound until it healed up to top layer. Would use this service again.
They do say "it never rains but it pours."
House selling is hard on the nerves.
I'm not going to say anything rude about urgent care centres, except that this is the one two three four FIFTH time I've heard of Band Aid treatment for a deep penetrating wound leading to a person being hospitalised. One of those people being me. And another of them jolly lucky not to be dead. Anyway. Bit late to grumble about that now.
Well, given the doctor's advice; the importance of getting DH fully fit; the right tools for the job principle; and an abundance of caution - specialist wound care facility sounds like the best idea, no? Is there anything about the idea you're not happy with?
Re your home, are you working with a realtor, or are you saying that you don’t want to sell?