My wifes wound opened on 5-18, and still not closed?

My wife had lap rny on 5-8, and emergency open surgery on 5-9 to correct nicked bowel, on 5-18 the incision opened bout 1 to 2 inches wide and 6cm. deep, dr. order visiting nurse to pack and irriagate would daily, on wound was healing but at dr. visit on 6-14, (wound was down to under 1 cm. deep), dr. re opened it back to about 6 cms. because he said the skin level was healed but under the skin was nor, (wound was still draining at that time), last week at dr. visit he probed the would and removed one of the stitches from one of the under layers saying the foreign body may be dalaying the healing, my wife has had no infection from the sitesince this began and has had no fever, has anyone had a common occurance if so how long did it take to heal?

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