Kenz ended up getting sick once in the night. Her nausea feeling lasted into the morning.
She is eating her low residue diet and she is able to keep it down. So that is great news. Her pain level is staying at a level 5 but she doesn't want to take anything more than Tylenol. She has to measure her drain and when it is less than 30ml in one day she can get the drain removed.
The visiting nurse came today and will return again on Friday.
So this part of the blog is for fellow UCers. It may get kinda gross for everyone else.
After Mackenzie's first surgery she decided to name her stoma Colleen. The stoma is made from the end of her small intestine. During this second surgery, they build the Jpouch out of the small intestine. So they use the part that was the stoma for the Jpouch. Her new stoma is higher up on the small intestine and has to be looped out and held out with a rod. The rod will come out at her first post op appointment with the ileostomy nurse on Monday. But for now the rod is supporting the loop.
I asked Kenz if she would give her stoma a new name since it was a different piece of her intestine. She said, "no I'm looking at it as if Colleen grew up"! Love her sense of humor.
So here is a look at the loop ileostomy with the rod. Hope this is helpful to anyone heading into Jpouch construction surgery.
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