Re: The mom Lyla is helping -- hate to ask, but since it hasn't come up, is there any chance the doc isn't familiar with anatomical changes in the lactating breasts and may be  be "labeling" things inappropriately? (Sorry, but after the OB/Gyn gave a prescription to a pregnant woman because her breasts were "leaking pus," which actually was colostrum, I've become more of a skeptic.)

Karen

In a message dated 3/3/2004 11:19:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> and most recently
> surgery for a breast abscess.  The odd thing is, the abscess was not
> preceded by a known plugged duct or br. infection, and the abscess caused
> no pain beyond slight tenderness.   Abcess was surgically drained (after
> initial aspiration) and has a wound which mother has been instructed to
> keep open for a month...
>  So, other than the
> 24 hours of milk statis on the affected side (mom pumped and dumped good
> side), milk removal has continued fairly normally.  The problem is that now
> the incision site is looking red, and so she went back to the phys. today
> who said site is fine, no infection, but another abscess appears to be
> forming behind it!  They did culture the pus removed from the original
> abcsess and mother is on antibiotics which are presumably
> appropriate,

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