Thanks for all of the clarifications. Glad she saw the vascular MD. Very glad there is no smell now and that the exudate looks better!
Re: I think I was too focused on holding her hand or rather breathing through my own pain from her squeezing my hand 
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You were being a really good mom! Hopefully no broken fingers…
Any possibility that there had been a piece of gauze or other small foreign body stuck in her wound leading to the bad smell?
