Hi Jim,
Thanks for info-your infection sounds much more severe than my husband's-he didnt have nearly that amt of drainage and was ever only a little pus-mostly clear drainage. His Ent's(he has 2-one did resection and one did reconstruction) as well as his rad onc, hem-onc, oral maxillo, and pm&r are all head and neck cancer specialists at Univ. of Penna. We saw ent again today and infection definitely looks better and is responding. He feels cancer is very much the least likely scenario. Good luck to you and thanks for responding.
Doreen

Caregiver to husband Lee-Stage IV SCC base of tongue/epiglottis. Had total glossectomy/partial laryngectomy/ radical neck dissec 4/05 followed by chemo and rad.