jp drain clogged

I called. The doctor that called back had me do stuff.. that I don't really want to list because it might not apply to someone else who is reading.. it should definitely only be done if advised by a doctor. It involved disassembling the bulb... so obviously you want a dr to tell you how so you don't get an infection. (then again she didn't actually tell me how.. didn't even tell me to wash my hands. I had to stop her and tell her maybe I should wash my hands.) She was talking about having me get a replacement bulb.. but I don't live close by. I was finally able to get the tissue out with her help. I have been able to get other clots out on my own.

For someone who might see this on a search... she told me if I started having fever, chills, more pain etc I should call back. If the drain started to drain I wouldn't need to call back. (It was draining but not much.) I told her I was already having more pain. She asked about redness or hardness around the area. I didn't really touch myself much because I didn't want to disturb anything so I don't know if it is harder or the same. My fever was 99.3. The reason I called and didn't just wait until tomorrow was because of the increased pain. I thought fluid might be backed up. I didn't know how fast infection would set in.

Too early to know if the drain is going to work after being "fixed"

The office called me. Said that the bulb was sterile. I think that the on call person was wrong last night. She shouldn't have had me disassemble the bulb.

I told her I had been stripping the bulb more than normal because it seemed nothing was going in on its own. Then again the output is on the lower side now.. so hard to know if it would have been low anyway or if it is still clogged where I can't see it.

The nurse is going to wait for an hour and call me back. She is going to talk to the doctor when he comes in. If I lived closer I would just go in and they could give me a new bulb. The problem is, it is a Friday afternoon. Hard to find someone to drive me up there on short notice. (It is over an hour drive.) If I say I am ok.. then I am really not, I am stuck because it is now a weekend.

I don't have a fever or the red skin.. but I don't know how long that takes to develop. That is why I called right away when there was a clog I couldn't get out on my own. I also called because my arm is more painful.