Things seem very wrong, I need a sanity check.

[Lost Sheep]

I was not as urgent in my earlier post as I should have been.

I had a girlfriend whose abdominal surgery stitches opened up. She had a cavity on her belly which we unpacked and re-packed with antiboiotic gauze daily. And THAT did not involve any internal organs like yours does (testicles), nor waste products (urine).

Clearly your urethra is torn. My further medical analysis is suspect, but based in logic and stories I have heard elsewhere. I consider it likely that if your urethra heals with the opening as it is, you may never be able to urinate in a standing position again and might have to resort to a seated position for the rest of your life. The potential for losing your testicles and most of your scrotum is real (though prosthetic testicles are available and plastic surgery can restore a realistic appearance, you would be sterile if you lose your testes or vas deferens (ductus deferens) and surrounding tissue that is contained in and protected (WAS protected) by your scrotum skin. The potential for losing your penis is not to be overlooked, either.

Those may seem to be the worst case scenarios, but if an infection should invade your abdomen, you could lose other internal organs...bladder, intestines, kidneys...or your life.

Praying for your best outcome.

[BionicLeeroy]

Please, please, please go to emergency now. You are risking losing everything!!!!!!

[skunkworks]

Man I hope that guy checks in again some time to update us...

[tomas1]

Me too, I worry about him.

[LeRoastBeef]

It takes a lot to get to me in terms of gore, but my god. Poor man.

I hope he's come through.

[Lost Sheep]

I am bumping the thread because I am concerned about Random255. If I knew his address I would be calling the authorities for a wellness check.

Does anyone know if how we is being treated meets medical standards of care in any way? Any showing those pictures to their doctor or a friend who happens to be a medical professional??

[Gt1956]

I am bumping the thread because I am concerned about Random255. If I knew his address I would be calling the authorities for a wellness check.

Does anyone know if how we is being treated meets medical standards of care in any way? Any showing those pictures to their doctor or a friend who happens to be a medical professional??

Our experience. My wife had a fine needle biopsy in her abdomen. She got an infection. Maybe staph, don't remember. Ended up at a "wound specialist". He only drained the several pus masses. Actually cut one open & didn't stitch it closed. Kept them open but covered with expensive silicon bandages. Sprinkled in some kind of powder that was supposed to graft to her body. Never gave her antibiotics. She lived & went to work with several open & draining craters. Took several months to go away with twice weekly visits. She has some very noticable round scars left over.
A separate co-pay for each visit plus the cost of the bandages. Took me many months to pay off what the insurance didn't cover.
While op's wound is horrid looking. I wouldn't be quick to jump on the life threatening wagon. I don't remember seeing any red or inflamed tissue. I would place my bet on a staph infection
Yes it does need to be treated.....properly. But by my experience, they take their God loving time to do it. Btw, we all have staph germs that live on our skin. His infection might not be the fault of his surgeon. Falls under "shit happens" or "act of god".
This gives me a chance to ask a question. Does anyone know the name of the pre surgery anti bacteria soap they suggest that you use a few days before surgery?

[tomas1]

Is it Bacitracin or something?

[Gt1956]

Is it Bacitracin or something?

Bactrin? I think it is for scratches & minor rashes. Maybe a similar name.
I actually avoid anti bacterial soaps. I want weak germs on me. Not ones that have built up immunity to common drugs.
A major local hospital was demolished about 20 years ago. A new one was built but it looks smaller. So I don't think that the old one was too small.
Rumor was that it had a persistant bug in it that they couldn't get rid of. It was too resistant to most of the current cleaning products & antibiotics.

[Snoozdoc]

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