Hi all!!
This is day 2 post-op. Everything is going well. I've had lots of loose BMs but am progressing well. I haven't seen my stoma site yet... it is all bandaged up, but I think it is open and will heal from the inside out. I have one drain that is keeping the nasty drainage off the repair site.
My doc said that it was a difficult surgery; he had to cut an inch of rectum off due to scar tissue and a tiny bit of stoma off, and then sewed the two ends together, lapo style.
I am up and walking the halls. :-)
More later.
Darla

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