Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
She is wondering what is happening beneath the skin and mentioned a few words I didn't want to hear - but of course she hasn't seen it. She also wonders about the drainage - and in her opinion the ER doc should have given me Keflex rather than Augmentin. I don't know anything about all of that - but will call my dr first thing tomorrow morning.
That would be my concern as well (what is happening deeper down)--it seems like there should be at least some improvement after more than a week. As for the antibiotic, Augmentin is the drug of choice for animal bites (assuming no allergy to either of the components)--Keflex is used for other skin/wound infections but bites are different because there is a particular type of bacteria (Pasteurella) in animals' mouths.