My husband had a crush injury at work to his hand. His pinkie was partially crushed off and healed well after surgery (12/7/0. His ring finger had an open wound and ulcers and dead blackened tissue which never healed properly and inevitably ended up being amputated just above the first knuckle from the hand (4/17/09). His follow up appointment with the surgeon was last Friday which the was the first unwrapping of the "stub", it was grotesquely swollen, extremely soar and red. The surgeon put him on Levaquin and Lyrica and told him to change the dressing daily until yet another appointment on Tuesday (the 28th). It is still very swollen and red and very painful today. Is this normal? We feel like were not being "told everything". We are afraid that there isn't much left to cut off if the infection goes any further (even though a culture was done and came up nothing). Any suggestions? Anything questions we should be asking? Any thing you can suggest to help with the at home pain (he's on Lortab and Ibprofen) but the throb and pain is still unbearable.