From Molly: Update on John Lazares

From Molly Janczyk, January 31, 2007

Subject: John Lazares Date:

Tricia Lazares, John's wife, just called after the Dr. called her. John has a staph infection in his knee. It is 'tight to the region and non aggressive and coagulant negative' which I think/hope interprets to not in his blood infection. She will ask to make sure on Mon. when he goes in to the Dr. as well as how 'coagulant negative and another term relate. She was intent on hearing what he said and didn't get all questions in.

The Dr. said this kind of infection is very painful and is why John has suffered so much. His bone was damaged and the Dr. felt rt. away that it was such an infection but needed to let the cultures grow to confirm. He thinks the antibiotic plates in John's knee will treat this and if all goes well, the replacement surgery will be in 4-6 wks. I 'assume' this means the bone will heal once the infection is gone. Also, this means John did not have a rejection, it seems, from replacement materials.

The PT specialist came just as we finished and is helping John move about till his surgery with the spacer in his knee.

More news after his office visit Mon.