hello,

well he started the antibiotic on wednesday.. today, the swelling seems a little better, and the redness is gone, but he is still swelled up.. the ENT did say that the plate itself could get infected and that is just bad news, so hopefully that does not happen and that is not the case.. we keep a close eye on him, and like Anita said, if anything looks, or smells not right we are down at Rush seeing the doctor.. as you know, timing is everything in these situations..

thank you again!
nicki

Dad-55 yrs..2/2010-DX/March 2010-Induction Chemo/35Rads 7weeks concurrent with chemo once every 3weeks/6/2010-Treatments completed-October 2010-Recurrence/December 2010-salvage surgery/clear Margins/July 2011-recurrence/weekly Erbitux treatments-5/30/12, last erbitux..
Painfree and rested 6/19/12