My husband had a small bowel resection surgery on Friday last week. Surgery went well, they removed a small portion of his terminal ileum as well as part of the colon, incision looks great, he is able to get up and around just fine. The only problem we have so far is that he has not been able to pass gas or go #2 yet. Today is only day #3 since surgery so he is probably being a little impatient, but he is VERY uncomfortable. The bowel is making a lot of noise (audible to the human ear while standing close not just with the stethoscope) and he says he can feel pressure there which makes him think relief is coming soon, but still a no go. Poor hubby is quite miserably bloated and crampy. :yfrown:
They have him on Alvimopan to aid things and he is doing all he can to stop using the PCA with the morphine. We had a little setback with the Alvimopan as somehow his nurses documented that he had refused it when he had not, so he has only had about two doses of it that I know of. I am hoping now that we caught that, things will start moving along.
Anyone here go through something similar or have any words of wisdom for us? Could anyone who has had this happen tell me how long it took their bowels to wake up after a similar surgery?
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They have him on Alvimopan to aid things and he is doing all he can to stop using the PCA with the morphine. We had a little setback with the Alvimopan as somehow his nurses documented that he had refused it when he had not, so he has only had about two doses of it that I know of. I am hoping now that we caught that, things will start moving along.
Anyone here go through something similar or have any words of wisdom for us? Could anyone who has had this happen tell me how long it took their bowels to wake up after a similar surgery?
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