Stories from Caregivers: Ronald from OREGON
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Ronald
FROM OREGON
I take care of my wife who had a knee replacement back in 2012 that went bad, the doctor opened her up and then found out he didn't have the proper part to put into her leg. So he closed her back up until the next morning? Then he installed the new knee. Then around 2013 she got a bad staph infection and here leg started swelling up and leaking fluids bad enough that she has to have her leg wrapped up twice a week and a couple of times at home. I do the changing when at home. After the new knee went bad the doctor took the new knee out and put in a temporary knee and put here in the hospital for 6 weeks while pumping antibiotics into her to kill the bad staph infection. After that she continued to go to the hospital on and off and all the time we had to change her leg wrappings. And now in 2018 we are still trying to stop the leaking to no avail. And now we have been told we can't see anyone because it had to be done with in 2 years. Well there is still problems with the new knee and another new knee that won't stop leaking"¦so why can't we get some help with this?
