Hi all,
Did anyone experience getting a hernia after laparoscopic colectomy surgery? I was hoping that my mother would be home by now but she is staying longer due to her condition. Her hospital is about an hour away so I will be seeing her tomorrow. The nurse mentioned something about her possibly having a hernia. I feel so bad for my mom, as it's her first surgery in her life. She was feeling very well on day 2, walking around and getting ready to come home. She realized that when she stopped the narcotics that is when her pain level got to a 9 and I mentioned to her that Tylenol is not strong enough for the surgery pain. Now she is taking Oxycontin (Percocet) for Pain as needed and her pain is more managed. It looks like she will stay again tomorrow night. I will have a conference call tomorrow with her surgeon. I hope that he will order an X-ray and U/S just to see what is going on in there. I know the hospital is where she should be right now, just worried about the bulge. I understand that surgery takes awhile to heal, but I am also very concerned. . PS) she has a temp ileostomy, and has a c-section incision that is 3 inches below naval, and two small circular incisions on each side of the naval. I believe they went through her belly button too.