I was in the hospital starting April 3rd to the 24th. before that I was in the hospital due to a bedsore and then a couple days later, my pelvic area was hurting too much that I was admitted again. What I ended up having was "necrotizing fascitis". It's a flesh-eating disease that started at my scrotum. What the doctors believe started it was that my ostomy which had sunk in some and my jpouch not working right, caused the stool to leak in my body.
The first surgery I had was a debridement that removed the dead tissue and other things that I don't quite remember. After that, I was transferred to a burn unit that could handle large open wounds and reconstruction. I had 4 surgeries in 8 day, in my first 2 surgeries, I was constantly leaking from my rectum. the 3rd was a revision of my ileostomy, (from the notes) converting it to a tension-free loop ileostomy. the 4th surgery was the completion of the the reconstruction. I didn't get but 2 visits from PT and ended up laying in bed the entire time I was there. There were also days after my surgeries that it took awhile to "come to" from the anesthesia. I have staples and sutures on my bottom and at the surgery sites and an open wound that still bleeds, intention is to heal from the inside.
I was transferred back to my original hospital on the 19th going into the 20th, issues with paperwork. after 10 days, the bar that held my ileostomy in place to heal was removed. I still see a bit of bleeding after 16 days. I was fully discharged and got to go home on the 24th with Home Health coming. I'll possibly be healed around 5/6 and have the staples, sutures, and catheter removed,
One thing that the burn unit hospital gave with means was a nutrition support for wounds called Juven. it provides vitamins and helps the body heal from the inside out.