Your 45-year-old patient was readmitted after very longabdominal surgery two weeks prior. She went home and stated shefollowed the discharge instructions. Yet, upon your initialassessment you find redness at the wound site and around the site,little bleeding but a discharge with a foul odor, and the patienthas a temperature of 100 degrees.

Question: What stage of healing is this patient in? Explain youranswer showing the stages of wound healing and what stage yourpatient is in. Defend your response using specific facts, data, andother information drawn from the textbook and at least one othersupplemental source

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