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It’s a week tomorrow that Clara had her stoma reversal surgery. Just a week, and Clara is back to her usual self. Within three days post operation, we had removed her pain relief, her catheter, the canula in her wrist, and she was dressed in day clothes again. Her scar is healing beautifully, a longContinueContinue reading “Early days with a connected bowel”

What a difference a day can make. By the end of Day One we had swapped the morphine for an alternative as Clara is prone to jumping spasms on the morphine of she’s on it for too long. We also halved the amount constantly running in the background. By lunchtime of Day Two, we haveContinueContinue reading “Post op day 2: poos and pain relief”

Some of my first few ‘neighbours’ on the ward were in for bowel reconnection, or stoma reversal, surgery. In fact, so many people have been and gone who brought their child in for this. At the time it was interesting to hear their story, but it had never really clicked that one day this wouldContinueContinue reading “Recovering from stoma reversal surgery”

We’d been counting down to the 10th May, the date Clara’s reconnection surgery was pencilled in for. But the counting can stop now – her operation has been moved forward… To today! Clara’s skin around her stoma has been getting increasingly worse. The acidic intestinal waste continued to leak under her ostomy bag, sitting onContinueContinue reading “Operation #6 Another attempt at reconnection”

It’s funny how things swing in circles. It’s been all focus on Clara’s stoma but that has calmed down dramatically in the last few days. We’ve stopped recycling to give Clara’s skin a break and already the area between her stoma and mucous fistula is looking much better. It’s now time to focus our attentionContinueContinue reading “Another hearing test”