September 2, 2025

Too Soon?

The big hospital surgeon who performed Mom’s most recently surgery one week and one day ago came in and checked on her today and said he thinks this is all because she didn’t eat solids for so many months (following his orders to prevent another obstruction while awaiting surgery). Hope this informs them for the next person if it happens again. They won’t come out and say that they tried solid foods too soon. I mean I am not looking to place blame at all and I’m not angry. I just wish they would admit they should have waited a little longer before introducing the solids because if there ever is a next surgery (hopefully there won’t need to be but after almost a year of this I am always preparing for the next Q & A session with a doc) I want to be able to say that slowing down the reintroduction of even soft solid food in my mom’s seemingly special case should be considered to avoid setbacks. The NG tube is apparently STILL getting stuff out of Mom’s stomach and they have more than once told her that they are surprised that it is still emptying contents since it went in Saturday night. No EDD as of yet and we are left to wonder did they urge her Too Soon to consume solid food post surgery given her medical history in the last year of prior ileuses and previous obstructions and bowel nightmares. Can we ease our way gradually in recovery with the patients like Mom who tend to have setbacks? What’s the hurry? Readmissions are certainly not what anyone wants to see.