My dad was admitted to Parkway East Hospital on Monday midnight after he discovered that there was discharge from his small puny red “pimple” on his left thigh. A renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr Jeffrey Chew came to examine my dad and confirmed that it was Carbuncle Bacteria Infection. An emergency operation had to perform immediately the next morning. This was to remove the infected flesh and drain the pus and impurities out from the wound. As the surface area of the wound was as big as a fifty cent coin and it was concaved, it would take a long time for it to heal by itself. As the medical cost wasn’t a concern to us, Dr Chew suggested that dad should use Vacuum Suction Machine to help the wound to keep clean and simultaneously to drain the impurities in the blood. This in turn would help the wound to heal faster. As a result, a week later dad could have his last operation to stitch back the open wound. All these events happened within the past 8days. I have taken many photos on my dad’s raw wound as well as the advanced Vacuum Suction Machine which my dad relied on for 24 hrs/5days. I have learnt a lot in this week especially life science on Carbuncle Bacteria and I decided to share it with all of you.
03/04/2010 12 days after surgery, the carbuncle infected wound on dad’s left thigh has been stitched up by Dr Jeffrey Chew. It took about an hour of operation and with more than 10 stitches on this concaved wound. I spoke to Dr Chew during dad’s dressing, he told me that he had sliced open the inner flesh and did some underlying stitches before he could seal up the external flesh with stitches. Dad still has to go back to hospital for another 2 dressings before he is fully healed. Presently dad is on stronger antibiotic and there isn’t any more pain.
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