Thanks for your thoughts, Dad came home today. I hope we don't have to go through that again in the very near future or ever!...
We had a "break thru" bowel movement yesterday, so hopefully we will be coming home soon. It's been tough keeping the NG tube working properly, I told someone yesterday I thought they should do an NG...
Cecilia, He is a wonderful man and it's very hard to see him go thru this. He's getting IV fluids and the dehydration issue is okay since we went to the hospital, we're still waiting for things to...
Thanks for responding, I knew that someone had recently gone through a similiar situation on here! I'm so hoping that he doesn't need surgery, his first in August 07 was a 32 day stay in the...
My dad had reversal surgery on February 7, he's now back in the hospital with a small bowel obstruction....and we're hoping that an NG tube will allow the pressure to be taken off the bowel and...
My dad was had 24 inches of his colon removed in August07, at first they didn't do an ileostomy, 3 days later he was having incredible pain and they went back in and "checked" things out and then did...
My dad had his ileostomy on Aug.2, 2007 and reversal on 2/7/08. He is having a bit of constipation also, but has added spinach (he likes canned?) and is drinking prune juice...that seems to be...
My impression is that everyone has different experiences. My Dad had his reversal 7 months after the ileostomy surgery, he had major diarhhea while in the hospital but since he has come home and is...
My Dad had a reversal done on Feb.6, 7 months after the original surgery. He had some major diarrhea issues while in the hospital following the surgery, once things started going, but since returning...
I can't agree more, yesterday while we were waiting to be discharged from the hospital and they were insisting that he eat one meal of solid food before we left, the lunch they brought was Yankee Pot...
Actually Dad's Doctors told him he could have what ever he wants....I often wish they could go thru what he's been through and then perhaps they would be a bit more sensitive? He's being pretty...
My dad had reversal surgery on Feb 6, 2008, came home from the hospital yesterday. He had explosive diarrhea while in the hospital, pretty uncontrollabe, but that seems to have settled down. Do you...
Thanks JWC, I appreciate your your insights from your experiences. I'm hoping we can work on the small amounts of food and patience. I hope your recovery continues to go well. This past year has...
You folks are amazing....My dad had colon surgery on August 2, 2007, 20 inches of colon removed due to cancerous polyps and an ileostomy constructed. We had little preparation for that scenerio. He...