I got bit by a dog a little over a month ago on my calf , went to the er immediately and had the bite cleaned. The ER doc placed 4 stitches and gave me two antibiotics to take, one for 10 days and the other for 14 days and both meds were taken completely. I had swelling on the back of my calf when I went into the er and the doc didn t say anything about it. That swelling is still there as well as more swelling by the site that had stitches. I had nurses at work look at my leg and it was half and half if they thought the swellings were abscesses. Neither site is red, but painful to touch about 3/10. I don t know if this is normal or to have it checked out by my family physician