Knee Infection Infection

[hopenana]

I’m actually writing this for my mom who’s going into her 4th surgery right now after total knee replacement, dislocation, hinged knee replacement and now a surgery to clean this deep crazy looking wound. I’m so scared I begged her not to have the knee done but she was in so much pain for so long and finally went for it. Like I said she now has basically the whole incision opened up from fluid and then they put this wound suction machine on but doc wanted to go in change bushings clean up dead tissue and put the machine back on. I came across this forum while researching and seen a picture of someone’s knee that looked just like what’s happening with my moms and decided to write you all, cause I’m scared confused and want her home

 

[Jockette]

I’m so sorry you and your mom are going through such a difficult time.

You’ve come to the right place here to Bonesmart. You will get excellent information and lots of support.

An advisor will be along shortly with the information. I just wanted to say hi and Welcome!

 

[amymj]

Help will be on the way! You will find lots of support here! Keep posting!

 

[Pumpkin]

hopenana,
Welcome to BoneSmart, glad you joined us.
Sorry to hear of all the challenges your Mother has gone through.
Please post your Mom's surgery dates, a moderator will post them for you. Having the exact date will help us advise you.
Is you mom receiving care from infection specialists, wound care specialists, and a surgeon who has lots of experience with infection?
We have had members who have doing quite well with wound suction, it just takes a long time while the wound heals.
If you click on the red revision prefix in the Knee Recovery forum a list of people with infections will pop up, most recent at the top.
I am going to tag @Josephine our Forum Director and Orthopedic Nurse to address your concerns.

Here is a list of articles in the library about infections:
Infection:
Acne pathogen implicated in peri-prosthetic infections
Peri-prosthetic infection: study by the Mayo Clinic concerning prophylactic antibiotics (Scientific Articles)
Peri-prosthetic infection - also known as late onset infection
Periprosthetic infection: Mayo Clinic study shows that dental procedures are not a risk factor (Scientific Articles)
Periprosthetic infection (Scientific Articles)
Peri-prosthetic infection: study by the Mayo Clinic concerning prophylactic antibiotics (Scientific Articles)

Sending you positive thoughts to you and your Mother, keep us posted on how you (take care of yourself) and your Mother are doing.

 

[sistersinhim]

Your poor mama, and poor you. I pray you have the correct doctors for her. There are specialists that know how to handle infections and wound care.