weeping stitches?

Stephany, my husband has the ileal conduit, but when they took his staples out on 8-17-07 (his surgery was 8-6-07) he had one short section of wound that was oozing. The doctor told him to clean it with sterile saline and "pack" it with 2"x2" gauze pads 2-3 times a day to allow it to heal from the inside. It it not quite healed, but is doing well.

My husband is now five weeks post-surgery, and still has his supra-pubic drainage tube. He is cathing OK from his Indiana pouch, but is having some "weeping" from two places on his surgical wound. The stitches have been out for three weeks, (I think that long), but those two spots continue to ooze.

Any ideas? Is this a problem? He goes back to the surgeon next Tuesday, but is a little nervous. I think he's worried that the whole incision will pop open. It's not a lot,,,,just enough to stain a his shorts overnight. At first, he thought his stoma was leaking, but we covered both areas, and now we can see what the problem is.

He, and I, would appreciate knowing if this is normal.

Thanks!
Stephany in Iowa