Blocked — Stoma
Mr. Hendricks let out a sob of relief. “Oh… oh, that’s better.”
She wrote the orders, checked his vitals—heart rate already slowing, blood pressure stabilizing. A blocked stoma could turn into a perforated bowel if ignored. Tonight, they’d caught it in time. blocked stoma
He groaned. “My wife brought me… nuts. A handful of almonds. I thought… healthy.” that’s better.” She wrote the orders
Almonds, Emily thought. Classic culprit. Their fibrous, undigestible skins could clump together like cement in the narrow lumen of a stoma. checked his vitals—heart rate already slowing
