Things are going fairly well. I need to correct what I said about what the orthopedist found. The pus had accumulated since the first procedure. He cleaned out the same area the first time and there was no accumulation there, so clearly there was a change for the worse this time. The infection was definitely not in the shoulder joint. The main work now is clearing up the infection. They are referring to this now as a "wound infection" and are treating her with antibiotics Cefazolin and Vancomycin, which are specifically for that type of infection.
She may have the followup shoulder surgery tomorrow to remove the packing material. I'll report on that tomorrow.
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