Morning Run

Andrew went for a run this morning and was surprised to see his patient also out for a morning walk. This patient came in about 6 weeks ago with a dental abscess with necrotizing infection of the neck extending to the mediastinum and chest wall. His prognosis was very grim. Thanks to God and to debridement, wound care, and antibiotics, this patient is still alive and doing very well.

Here are some pictures of how his treatment progressed:

This was at his original debridement. 

The debridement went all the way to the trachea. We don’t have ventilators here, so we were concerned that if the infection spread further it could be disastrous.  Here is two weeks later—after more debridement and aggressive dressing changes.

Two weeks later, after more wound care and smaller debridements, the wound was ready to close.