Colon and Peritoneum - April 30, 2024
During the surgery on April 30th, the surgeon took these photos to show the extent of the tumors around Dave's colon and peritoneum. The black area is dye from the colonoscopy the gastro doctor performed on April 19th. She couldn't get the camera through the colon, so she dyed the area where the colon was completely blocked.
Dave's Stoma
Stoma Supplies. Training provided at the hospital. Most days/weeks were good. We had an occasional blowout, just like our babies when they were little. Dave would hold air-freshener sprays and spray around me when I would dump the poo into the toilet. When Dave became bedridden, the stoma prevented dirty diapers and infection. I had a special container that I could use bedside. Clorox wipes and bl
Stoma healing the day after surgery. Dave also had a partial ureter blockage by a tumor (Malignant Ureteral Obstruction (MUO)) and a surgeon recommended a percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube, which drains urine from your kidney. Since we all have 2 kidneys/ureters, Dave wanted to wait to see if the radiation treatment could shrink this tumor. The radiation worked on the tumor near the ureter and h
Stoma misbehaving badly. This was so unbelievably stressful. Like WTF is happening? In the hospital, they would say, "let's watch for a few days", and eventually, it would work it's way back into Dave's body. We we were at home I would take photos like this and send to our doctor, and it was always, wait and see. After 2,3,5 days, it would go back to "normal". The whole physiology was so strange.