Thanks, Nancy. He's been in the hospital 3 weeks now for a secondary infection. He just wants to come home. He says he really misses the dog.I thought he was home now I guess there were more complications and they kept him there?
When his doctor said he needed to undergo a "debridement" procedure on the infected skin, I googled it and found this:
Ahh, the wonders of 21st century medicine. Do they still do leech therapy too? But no, they didn't do a biological debridement; they just did a standard surgical procedure.Biological debridement. This is sometimes called “ maggot therapy” or “larval therapy.” Doctors can apply larvae of certain insect types to a wound. The larvae consume only dead tissue and leave viable tissue intact. The treatment is effective, but the psychological aversion to it may make it less desirable than other methods.
Source: https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/what-is-debridement
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