My friend cut his lower leg two weeks ago and the laceration is located on the right side of his lower right shin area. Not his calf. Not the front shin bone. It is a deep cut and I would have thought he definitely needed stitches. Really bad cut on metal at his workplace. Now two and half weeks later his ankle is a brighter red around laceration and also his right foot and ankle are swelling and I can feel the fluid . This started late yesterday. I cleaned his wound with peroxide and also saline. I made him keep his foot elevated above his heart rest of evening. After saline cleansing I dabbed dry the area,put neosporin w bicitracin and applied a gauze bandage with gauge wrap and medical non stick tape. When he got up this morning we observe the wound site still in bandage and ankle is still retaining fluid and swollen and red. The site of injury is quite deep .he also exposed his injury uncovered without protection to our local waterway....the mighty Savannah river here in Augusta Ga. It is said to be rated the fourth dirtiest river in US. The opening appears to be a quarter inch to a half inch opening and i am sure the cut is deep enough to perhaps cut the muscle or ligaments in side of his lower leg. He said he is not in any pain bit can feel the swelling when he walks. He was also given tylenol for swelling and pain .