Unfortunately the swelling returned about 3 weeks after I thought I had beaten it. Since the antibiotics did not work, Dr Vella had to schedule me for surgery. I was excited as I was suffering in severe pain and could not move my left middle finger.
Dr Vella happened to be going out of town for the rest of the week but he told me his partner Dr Haber was available to do my surgery. Dr Haber was very nice and professional. He did a great job. Now it has been over 1 week since the surgery and I am slowly improving. Just wanted to update that the TOCA team is great and they did a great job!