Jewels I am so grateful everyone that was there and helped , that your stepdad took her to the hospital and that she had surgery. I pray for a safe and easy recovery.

Healing prayers for your Mom!

Oh, my, thank goodness they could catch it! Best wishes for her recovery!

So sorry! But so glad they caught it...that is a very dangerous issue. Sending her healing thoughts and sending you thoughts of comfort.

How frightening! I'm glad they were able to deal with it and hope that she recovers swiftly.

Sending healing thoughts for your mom. Glad the doctors acted quickly.

Best wishes for your mom's speedy recovery.

This is a good lesson to remind us to seek help when experiencing an unusual pain or symptom.

Volvulus? Also known as 'looped gut'. Its bad and if it does not correct itself soon, it needs corrective surgery. Glad your Mom got a proper diagnosis and care in time.

I am glad she went to the ER! Prayers for a complete recovery.

I've had a volvulus and it's extremely painful. I'm glad she had it taken care of!

Oh my, I am so sorry she has had to deal with this. How painful that must

be. Prayers in place for complete and painless recovery. Please take

care of yourself too. Hugs.

So glad your dad took such quick action. Wishing your mom a speedy recovery.

That was a true emergency--it can be so painful. I'm glad it's fixed, and hope she recovers quickly.

I’m sure that must have been pretty scary, I’m glad your Mom was able to get the care she needed and I hope she continues to get better.

What an experience! Glad that your mom's condition was taken care of, best wishes for a quick and full recovery!

All the best wishes for a fast recovery. Been there after colon cancer surgery but healed fast.

Glad it was caught and treated.

Was this 'twisted' or 'telescoped'? Both very painful...and dangerous if not caught in time!

Scary. Glad she went to the ER and is now healing!

Good thoughts for a swift, complete recovery.

I talked to my mom today and she is doing so so. She said she wasn't feeling all that well. They added some solid food to her diet today. She told me she tried to get out of bed by herself today and fell. They did an x-ray of her hip, but it was fine. She has an alarm on her bed now, not sure if she had it on before.

Oh my goodness! All she needs is a broken hip or something. I hope she follows the "rules!"

I hope things are okay -- if they estimated she'd be in the hospital for 3-4 days, maybe feeling only "so so" is expected? (no need to answer, just hoping for the best.)

I'm sending best wishes that your mother will start feeling a lot better soon and have a complete recovery!

When we went thru this with my husband last summer, the docs said this happens more often than one would think. Husband ended up w/ two surgeries, the second one to fix the screw-up from the first surgery and was in hospital for two weeks. Then an extended recovery at home w/ a wound pump. Exacerbated, I am sure, by his being overweight. At the very least, it is major invasive surgery that your mom went into w/ little to no rest--pain, ER at 2 am, then surgery the next day at 1 pm. Under the best of circumstances, it's going to take a few days for her to start feeling better. That they have already started her on solid foods is a really good sign so I would expect her to start gathering some steam soon. Just be patient and do, please, keep us informed.

Thinking of you & your mom.

Maybe she was released a bit prematurely?

My DH and DS spent hours in the waiting room when I had colon resection for a carpet polyp a couple of years ago. The surgeon explained that there had been a lot of adhesions that took extra time. I was eating 'gruel' for days before and after that, then I had 'a bleed' and was hospitalized again, partly waiting for my hemoglobin to come back up.

My point is that bowel surgery is serious stuff, so don't let them pat her on the head without examining her. Can her DH insist she be seen...and then keep her quiet while she heals?

Sorry you were given a 'story' about this, but glad your DM is going to skilled nursing care for a while. I believe Medicare will pay for this, but you -- and she -- may decide 10 - 14 days isn't required. (Hospitals tend to just 'plug in' the reimbursed time.) I hope the surgeon's opinion about the tumor proves correct.

Why was she discharged to home too early in the first place? How is her health in general, outside of this issue. I'd think her DH would be glad not to have to 'play nurse' for the next few days! (Not easy to handle this from a distance. Try not to worry.)

So sorry that your mom isn't recovering as quickly as hoped.

If it is a cancerous growth then it's better she's in some kind of care. It's very good that the doctor thinks he got it all.

Sorry your step dad and you are having some trouble. Maybe you could remind him that your mom needs you both right now. No matter what I would keep him in the loop as best as possible.

A twisted section of the digestive system can be common in large chested dogs and can be fatal. There is a surgical procedure to protect against it called gastropexy that helps a lot. In the absence of that, limited protection is provided by serving more frequent and smaller feedings during the day and limiting physical activity for a few hours after eating.

Also not uncommon in horses.

I'm glad your mother's situation was caught in time and that she's on the mend. For a while, I'd avoid throwing her balls to run after and fetch ;-). Thanks for accepting the silly humor, I know the situation was serious and caused great concern to the family.

Jewels if he signed her into the hospital he was probably the one that put you down as the contact. If he gets fussy about it ask if he had put you down as a contact. He may have not realized that he needed to be listed first.

Chisue, Jewel's mom was never discharged from hospital to go home. She is being discharged from hospital to skilled nursing. The fall getting out of bed had to have happened in hospital.

Jewel, would it be possible to set up conference calls to include your step-dad when you're in contact w/ the care-givers? It's easy to understand his being upset.

ci_lantro -- Thanks for the correction. The overall confusion is strange enough without a premature discharge! I have wondered if Jewel's DM was trying to shield her from the possibility of cancer.

Elmer -- I first heard of 'telescoped bowel' when a neighbor's young Irish Setter died of it.

I first learned about the problem of twisted bowels in canines when I read Marley and Me. Probably because of that book, the possibility of a bowel obstruction was on my radar when I insisted on taking DH to the emergency room last summer. He was in surgery within 6 hours of arriving at the ER--including transport time to a regional hospital for what turned out to be a bowel obstruction.

So sorry that her recovery is taking time, but it sounds like things are well in hand. I know you don't need family drama with all this either, but your focus is clearly where it should be. Sending your mom thoughts of rapid, happy healing and strength and patience to you.