Hi Kim,
Thanks for replying. Yes, it is the surgeon who is seeing her for this. He is going to re-evaluate Wed morning. If things aren't better, he will order a scan. They have considered that it might be a pocket of pus. Also the possibility of necrosis of the jaw since her surgery was extensive and included a mandibulotomy.
They have not done a wound culture but I will mention that tomorrow. Along with the swelling and pus (minimal now), she has severe pain in and below her ear and along her jawline. Hopefully it is just from the pressure on the nerve from all the swelling, but they are keeping a check on that also.
How is Dave doing? Heather should be at about the same point in her RAD as he is, but with all this, she is behind now. We expected the RAD to "knock her down", but we didn't expect all this. None of it is RAD related. They say it is too early to see any effects from that yet.
Thanks,
Rosemary