Hi Doc, This is Chintan Desai , wish to talk regarding my 3 yr old son he in his right finger has developed infection and underwent a surgery on 7/7/2011 for thumb. The doctor claimed to remove the pus which was collected near the nail and around it. he had 1 and 1/2 cms cut with his nail half cut and removed . today we are sitting on 27/7/2011 and his finger is still not right. we went to him yesterday evening he said that the pus has being collected beneath his remaining nail and we need to remove the entire nail again. he had being given ibugesic for 5 days and than zificv for the next 5 days ... please please somehow i m not trusting him anymore does something like this take so many days to be all right or suggest me what to do next we are tensed and in a fix please help ...