Barb,
We discussed a case very similar to this at our local networking group
last week.  In fact the LC had a wonderful color photo to show us.  The
photo of the breast made you wince to even look at it--the whole top of
the breast was red, shiny, distended.  She had been called in to see what
she thought and then no one listened to her!!!  The concensus was that by
now the the mom had had an abscess (which the doctors did nothing about,
not even a needle biopsy) and the abscess had ruptured and all that yucky
stuff was now circulating in the breast tissue.  Lactation was
essentially finished on that breast for this baby. When the thing first
started it was probably mastitis, but 2 regimes of the same antibiotic
had done nothing and the condition had worsened.  And again, no one
cultured anything to see if the antibiotic was the right one.  This was a
lawsuit waiting to happen.  Poor mom!

Pat Bucknell, IBCLC
Avon Lake OH
who is also a newly recertified LC--and reading Lactnet was my method of
study!  Thank you, thank you Listmoms.  I have been a member from almost
the beginning and I never cease to learn from this wonderful forum!

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