Dr. Weed, You are our hero

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Stephanie
| March, 12 2020 | for Andrea K. Weed, DO, FACOI

My husband had a scraping injury on his arm, we cleaned it well at home. But the next day, the arm didn't look good, so he went to the urgent care in our town, was given antibiotics, which unfortunately he had an allergic reaction to. We back to the urgent care was given steroids but no more antibiotics. The arm was still not improving so he then went in person to his doctor's office and was told by the receptionist that his doctor did not have any appointments open for 2 weeks. Now its day three, the arm was bright red, swollen and looked bad. I call Dr. Weed, who is my doctor, for a recommendation. She said to get him right over to her office that afternoon, she wanted to see him and his arm. Needless to say by now, he had a raging infection. She started antibiotics, (he did not want to be hospitalized) so she saw him everyday by day five she was seeing a little improvement, it was the weekend, and he still was refusing to go to the hospital. She called a couple times every day over the weekend requesting texted pictures to monitor his progress, and gave me strict instructions to call her if it changed even a tiny bit. By Monday it was show a little more improvement, so we dodged the "hospital admit bullet". She still monitored him closely every day for awhile until she was sure he was recovering... My husband and I both know if it weren't for Dr. Weed, he would have lost his arm. She is now my husband's doctor too and we both adore her. It is obvious, by her compassion and personalized care that she really cares about her patients. Like I tell everyone "she is our hero."

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