Has anyone heard of any negative stories regarding reconnects?

My doctor was describing the procedure to me and he mentioned that
there is a chance that they will not be able to reconnect me. This is
not the same doctor who performed the original sigmoid colectomy; he
got deployed to Iraq and is no doubt saving a lot of lives. He told
me that if he got deployed, he left enough of a stump for the new
doctor to work with. He also connected the bowel segments with
surgical thread so that it woud be easy to find the stump. Based on
the results of my barium enama there appears to be a significant
stump remaining...now for my concern.

The doctor who will perform the surgery indicated that he will remove
the remaining stump to ensure that I do not develop diverticulitis
again. The original doctor said that he removed all of the diseased
portion of the sigmoid colon, so why should the new doctor remove
whatever is remaining? I'm worried that they might not be able to
drop/lower the remaining part of my colon far enough to reconnect
with the rectum, since they want to remove the last piece of my
sigmoid colon. Is this normal procedure?

Can some one explain to me what their doctor told you? Any advice
will be appreciated. I go in on the 16th for my reconnect. I want to
make sure I understand what to expect and why they do the reconnect
in this manner.

Thank you.

Kevin