HI
I had my reversal in December and was in hospital 3 days...I guess it all
depends how things go. Wishing you well,
Karen


>From: "ladycolpepper" <carla_grooms2001@...>
>Reply-To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [colostomy] Re: what to expect
>Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:40:07 -0000
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>- I am so glad to see some of these posts. My husband is having a
>reversal done the first week of Sept. He has only had the colostomy
>since March . It is because of a ruptured bowel twice and the large
>intestine also. We were told that the stay could be 4-5 days.
>Wondering about this also because we were there 17 days in march. and
>two other stays in the hospital one in april and one in may. Thanks
>for these posts really help us with our wonders also. Carla
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>-- In colostomy@yahoogroups.com, diane taylor <gptrport@...> wrote:
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> > He probably has an incision from just above his belly button to his
>groin down the center.  He will have an incision where they closed
>the stoma 1/2--2".  That will probably have packing in it that you
>mnay have to pull out.  They put a couple sutures in my stoma but
>took them out when they took packing out.  They did not pack it
>again.  That was at day 5.    Not sure what packing was.  They pulled
>a bunch of material out of the stoma incision.  That was kinda wierd
>to watch that.  They just left it open.  I was sitting there getting
>ready to go home,  with my sweat pants down  around hips, okkkkkk,
>now what, lol.?  Surgeon said, go home, lol.
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> >   I had my origninal surgery because of diverticulitis and colon
>perfornation.  I don't know much about fistulas except that they are
>an abnormal opening either to the skin or between 2 organs. He may
>have a different incision in rectal area???
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> > Doug and Kim Skinner <skinnerqh@...> wrote:
> >           Hi everyone, I am a nursing student going to do a
>clinical on a
> > colostomy reversal. What can I expect to see? I have looked all
>over my
> > textbook and the net but have been unable to find much about this.
>I
> > know that my patient is a young male that had a colostomy done to
>allow
> > a rectal fistula to heal. He is now having the reversal done and I
> > will be seeing him the day of his surgery. I am interested in know
> > about what incisions there will be ect. I just want to be prepared.
> > thanks,
> > KS
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