9 days post op and I have cellulitis on my stomach!

I had surgery last Thursday and I just found out today I have cellulitis. I am really scared about this. I have had pain and a large baseball sized red area on my stomach above my belly button for the last four days. It has been hot to the touch and super painful. I talked to a friend of mine who is a Dr. in another state. She said from what I described I have cellulitis and to go to the Dr. TODAY.

Sooo I did. As soon as I pulled my shirt up the Dr. said oooooh you have cellulitis. He said he needs to see me again tomorrow (they have a walk in clinic on Sunday's- thank goodness) and I got a shot in my butt.

I have also been referred to have a sonogram and see a general surgeon since my surgery took place in Mexico. He said there is the possibility I would have to have surgery to drain fluid beneath the skin.

I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced this- I am really worried!

No exp, but please report it to Dr. A's office as well so they can keep good stats on their complication rates.

ETA: Was there a reason you didn't head to your PCP as soon as you noted a painful expanding area of redness? In the release paperwork they specifically instruct post ops in bold lettering that if your scars get red, you have a fever or they are painful and tender you need to go to your PCP as soon as possible , these could be signs of infection.

 I didn't have celulitis but i did have a rash type all around my belly button.

And I've had celulitis on my leg and that wasn't fun at all :( Hope you're feeling better.

I had a big red circle where the removed my stomach, it was tender and warm and they put me on IV antibiotics right away....I have also had it in my leg 3 times and it hurt like hell but they always got rid of it with IV antibiotics.

Thanks for the responses. I just hope the shot I got today does the trick.

Jo777- I emailed Dr. Aceves office today to let them know.

Thanks again everyone!

What would cause this to happed????

The Dr. said it has to be from one of my incisions. I have an incision in my belly button and it is red there and spreads up above it and to the side. The pain is pretty bad, which has me worried.

I hope the dr gets this taken care of tomorrow.  Maybe the shot will clear it all up?  Hopefully!  I will be thinking about you and praying for a speedy recovery.  Let me know what Dr. A's office says!

Thanks Nicole! I will keep you posted.