question: My husband had an ileocolectomy 4/4/10 and nine weeks after that he had an internal abscess that needed to be aspirated.  A couple weeks after that he was in the hospital for an infection, but no abscess was seen at time.  A couple weeks after that, he had an abscess that surface by where the incision was and had to be cut and drained.  That was in the beginning of June and he periodically has to open it to drain and still drains quiet a lot.  The surgeons nurse practioner has been seeing him and says it could take month to heal.  Does that sound right to you?