It wound up causing a massive infection, along with near constant fever and previously a very ill period
of 4-6 weeks where I had the most horrible waves
of debilitating flu-like illness.
At the onset of the infection, which turned into an abscess, my white blood cell count was slightly elevated. 4 months later, still fighting this awful infection (that spread into lymph passages, ear and eye on that side), my white blood cell count is normal.