I had the misfortune of developing cellulitis after a total knee replacement surgery in Calgary on April 16. I left Calgary on April 18, so I was back in Whistler, where I live, when I got the infection. That meant I had to go to the Whistler Health Care Centre (WHCC) six days in a row for IV antibiotics. The doctors were not taking any chances.
If you have ever had knee replacement surgery, you know you go through hell afterwards so adding IV antibiotics into the mix was brutal. But this blow was softened by the fact that we have an extraordinary facility in the WHCC with extraordinary staff. What a gift we have, here at Whistler, with that medical centre and its people.
Special thank yous out to nurses Lindsey, Linda, Lou, Tania, Carly, Vickie and colleagues; Dr. Annie Gareau, Dr. Rich Benson, Dr. James Cranston, Dr. Paul Walden, Dr. Lev Becker and colleagues; Sandra in X-ray and colleagues; Eleanor and Christie at reception and colleagues.
