July 31,2009 I had bi-pass surgey...after a few days I was up and around....2 or 3 weeks I had a staph infection...they opened me up and cleaned it up and left me open for a week only to change bandages 3 times a day....was not fun.....closed me back up September 7th....after 2 or 3 weeks I went home...I needed to be on oxygen...the surgeon said it could take a year to heal....finally got off antibiotics in April after 8or9 months......May 13th got a crt-d.....slowly getting better on...on the oxygen about 1fourth the time now....had cardiomyopathy ....has it taken longer to heal because of the staph infection.....what do you think?????

 

 

I have a high tendency of getting staph also. Yes this is probably part of the reason it is taking so long to heal. Staph can be a nasty thing to deal with. It eats new tissue and old tissue alike. I had a small bite on my leg, had staph and now am missing about a 4" x 4" sqaure about an 1/8" deep of tissue. It is bad stuff and in some cases is deadly. Nothing to mess around with. It you see any signs or recurrence get back to the Dr. I have had numerous infections to the point of even having home IV's. I will say a prayer for you and hope you have a speedy recovery. I didn't mean to scare you or get to gross, but it is fact. I have dealt with it.

Rev Chuck