My mother had an ileostomy on May 14, 2012, and she just got discharged from the skilled nursing facility 3 days ago. On her second night home, we gave her a nice salad of lettuce, tomato, and cucumbers (not a large amount). After she ate most of it, she had no appetite for the rest of her dinner. The day after surgery, her doctor had her on a regular diet in the hospital, and my sister and I thought it was too soon, so we got the diet changed to GI soft. But since she was home and nobody stressed to us the do's and don'ts of the diet, I guess we really screwed up giving her that salad. The following day, she had a whole lot of gas - in the bag and a lot of belching. Last night, 24 hours after that salad, she sprang a leak in the bag (don't know why) and her skin was red as a beet. I had no choice but to put on another bag as quickly as possible, even though I had planned to wait until today when the nurse comes, as I had never done the bag change before. But since that salad, the consistency of the bag contents has gone from raw-egg-like to pure liquid watery! Does this mean she could have a blockage from the salad? I am very worried, and an RN is coming today, but she is not an ostomy nurse. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
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