Manveen,

I just to share with you a stoma bag with my Mom's experience. My Mom had a stoma bag attached after her first operations for colon stony. The nurse came to clean her bag everyday and replace with the new one if it needed. There is a specialist who knows and teaches how to handle and attach the bag. The specialist came to show me and my sis to do our own for my Mom. We learned and my Mom discharged a few days later with this stoma bag. My sister and I had to start cleaning and changing the bag at home. Thete is an incident my Mom's stoma bag was leaking. We did not have spare bag at home and I had to run to the hospital and get an new bag. I came home and with my sister help, we were able to attach the bag for her. But we are not a specialist so that the bag was detached easily. But my Mom had to to go to the hospital the next day to do second operation to connect so that the bag did not need for her. It was a big relief. I hope you can find the specialist and nurse who are expert in handling the bag. I wish you and your Mom a smooth transition in handling stoma bag.

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