I have the beginnings of an infection around part of my incision and called my doc..

Sorry, this is a long post, but I need advice! For the past 4 days, I had something small and sharp sticking out of my skin on one side of my incision which was causing a slight irritation. I knew it had to be an internal stitch (since my doc used dermabond to close the outer incision and dissolvable stitches within), but didn't worry too much about it until this morning...when I woke up, there was a quarter-sized circle of redness encompassing the area where the stitch was sticking out, and stretching across the incision to the other side as well. I called the doctor's office, and his assistant said the stitch would work itself out and I should only call back if there were "signs of infection." I pointed out to her that redness WAS a sign of infection, but she countered back with "oozing from the incision or a fever" were the two reasons I should call back. The stitch came out in the shower today (it was TEENY!), but instead of the redness and pain/irritation going away, it's only gotten WORSE. Now the circle of redness is about PLUM-SIZED and it's swelling slightly - plus the pain has increased. What should I do?

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