Dear LACTNETters,

I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks for all your help with the abscess 
surgery situation of my friend. Thanks to your suggestions and support she 
sought out a second opinion from a major medical center in Pennsylvania. The 
surgeon there immediately removed the drain inserted by the previous surgeon 
from her breast, used ultrasound-guided needle aspiration to remove infected 
fluid from that and other sites on her breast (by the time she was seen, my 
friend had multiple other abscesses in her breast), cultured the sample and 
prescribed the appropriate antibiotics for her. Although the antibiotics were 
not compatible with breastfeeding, the surgeon strongly discouraged my friend 
from weaning and suggested pumping and dumping the milk and continued 
breastfeeding thereafter. My friend has returned to this surgeon multiple times 
for follow-up and yesterday she was cleared and will be able to resume 
breastfeeding on both sides (!) in a couple of days when her antibiotic course 
is completed! 

My friend sounds wonderful and she is so happy with the outcome. What a 
difference knowledge and support can make!

Thanks very much for helping - LACTNET is truly an amazing resource.

Sincerely,

Cecilia Tomori
Doctoral Candidate,
Anthropology, University of Michigan

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