Went to my brother's house yesterday to flush his tube and clean his stoma. It had a good deal of blood on the gauze and was hard to clean it all out. I feel that it needs to be loosened as it a appears too tight against his body. Didn't see any more bleeding after placing a new gauze with antibiotic cream.
My main concern now is that he hasn't had a bowel movement in 3 days and is taking pain meds which has him constipated. I warned him about the dangers of an impaction. Encouraged him to take Miralax when taking the hydrocodone. Hope it works today.
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