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[SuzinNYC]

I've gotten great advice for my BF's care and really need all of you that have any experience with this to get back to me. Roger has been being treated with a wound vac and infusion therapy for a pressure sore that resulted in what they thought was acute osteomyletis, but is now thought to be chronic osteomylitis. They are throwing ideas out for care, he has lost a friend to this recently, and we are both seriously concerned about the best way and place to proceed with treatment...

I'm doing as much online research as I can, but am unsure of where to look for answers. The problem isn't the soft tissue healing, that is actually progressing rapidly...the problem is that in the past 3 weeks the infection has tunneled another 2 cm into the bone...

We just want to win this battle so we can look forward to a brighter future.

Thanks in advance to all of you!

Edited by SuzinNYC, 26 February 2010 - 08:33 AM.

[ozcheesemaker]

SuzinNY.
I hope by now things are resolved, but should you still need some advice on handling osteomylitis, I had a near fatal bone infection in my spine (twice actually) resulting in 2x 6 months in hospitals here in Australia. Recovered on both occasions under the expert care of Dr Peter Stanley, expert in infectious diseases at StVincents Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. 8 years of 4mg/day of flucloxycillin to treat the infection which was a particularly nasty Staph Aureus. The decision to take extended treatment with the drug was based on the fact that bacteria can set up colonies in the 'dead' bone & recurring activity is common. Hard to get at these colonies as the blood flow is limited in those areas post infection.
I wish you good fortune