Hi i would liketo ask you a question about osteo mellitus.  My son is on antibiotics for atotal of five weks.  he had a sever foot infectioon. the infection is to the bone. iIs it anyway possible that he could avoid amputation.  The doctor says there is no way medically the antibiotic wouldclear theinfection  up. He said every bone inis foot wasinfected.  So the doctor said when he takes him off in 6 more days he will spike a fever and his foot will blow back up.  Just curious aboutyour answer
Hi! Thanks for sharing your sons long-standing and severe health problem with us! In such cases of chronic non-healing or non-responding osteomyelitis, especially affecting the lower portions of legs, when a child visits me, I usually consider following things