I Had A BAD day at work, got bit by a dog & ended up at the ER ***UPDATES**

[Catlady711]

Lizbud - we figure the dog probably had arthritis and he may have just been achey when I picked him up. The dog has never been ornery at all before

BAD NEWS!!!! My wound is now infected!!! Yesterday I saw some pus oozing out, so I put a huge gob of antibiotic ointment on it with a bandaid last night and today the whole thing has opened up, and is oozing nasty stuff. It feels warm and puffy underneath the open area as if there is more infection under there. I already took my last antibiotic pill Thurs. so I guess I'll have to get more now. *sigh*






**WARNING**
For the strong stomach people there is a big pix of it this morning below...

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[Medusa]

Yikes, that looks nasty, girl! It looks like an alien is ready to pop outa there! Call your dr. and start another round of the antibiotic ASAP!

[Catlady711]

Ok, so a HUGE gob of Watkins salve overnight and cleaning good with peroxide in the morning then only a plain gauze during the day seems to do wonders.

Best I can tell is the dying skin around the bite was causing the infection and the splint the dr. wanted me to wear was keeping the air circulation down and keeping the infection in. So no more splint!



*pix from this evening below* ***WARNING***


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[Catty1]

Good work - it just needed to breathe and dry up!

Ain't peroxide GREAT?

I hope it heals even faster now.

[Medusa]

Ok, it's looking better. The last pic was something else!