Hi all,
My mom had her reversal done on 07/24/18 7:20 a.m. Her surgery lasted about 2 hours, her recovery was much longer. Her surgeon walked out to the visitor's lounge and I was surprised to see him so early. He said surgery was a success and my mom did great, however, they did find a hernia behind stoma and had to repair it during surgery. I wasn't happy to hear that as it caused my mom problems with her last surgery. We were expecting my mom to get out of recovery sooner but it wasn't until about 1 pm. is when we went to the room. My poor mama was in so much pain and this was after they gave her Morphine and all. It was hard to see her in that much pain. Her pain level was a 9 and she was making all kinds of noises and I couldn't take it anymore. So I went and got crushed ice and put it in her mouth and elevated her head. Gave her some juice to drink, lemon slushee, water little by little. Her face started to have some color after that. Her nurse gave her oxycodone and all the goods, and her pain level gradually started to go down to a 6-7. Fast forward to today. Still on clear fluids, and today her mid section blew up and became puffy filled with gas. We all encouraged her to walk around the hospital to get the gas out. She walked a lot today and only took Tylenol for pain She burped and finally she had some gas come out of the other new end. While that happened she had her 1st leaky BM. We had to get the bedside commode and get her in some mesh underwear and I even put a diaper on her just to be safe of an accident. She had about 3 more soft BM's more like diarrea, and it look like there was some tissue and lubricant in there from the new plumbing starting, sorry to be so graphic. My mom was getting irritated cause everytime she would pass gas, she would leak So that is when I reminded her again that it would take a while for her to get used to it, and hopefully eventually it may get better. It looks likes she will get discharged in the next couple of days. She stopped the narcotics and the nurse said that it will make the healing process faster, just Tylenol for pain. Anyhow, I am super exhausted as living in the hospital got very tiring. I felt like a nurse more than the other nurses working at the hospital. Everytime my mom would push the nurse button, it would take them forever to walk into the room to help. I am exhausted and ready for bed. My mom will be staying with me and family for a week after. I pray and hope this is the last surgery for us and that her BM's get easier. Just happy that her recovery is getting easier as the first surgery recover was much worst. I am hoping when she gets discharged, her home recovery will be much easier. Some questions that I have: 1. What types of creams do you recommend to use on the "BUTT" after reversal? 2. Did you wear mesh underwears, pads or pull-ups for the accidental leaky bowel?
Thank you,
Stacy