After your child's vesicostomy: When to call
Call 911 anytime you think your child may need emergency care. For example, call if:
- Your child passes out (loses consciousness).
- Your child has sudden chest pain and shortness of breath, or coughs up blood.
- Your child has severe trouble breathing.
Call your doctor now or seek immediate medical care if:
- No urine has drained from your child's stoma in over 2 hours.
- Your child is sick to his or her stomach or cannot keep down liquids.
- Your child has pain that does not get better after he or she takes pain medicine.
- Your child has a fever of 100.4°F or higher.
- Your child has signs of infection, such as:
- Increased pain, swelling, warmth, or redness.
- Red streaks leading from the incision.
- Pus draining from the incision.
- Swollen lymph nodes in his or her neck, armpits, or groin.
- A fever.
- Your child's stoma pulls inward, or the edges separate from the skin.
- Your child's stoma bulges out, or there is a bulge under the skin around the stoma.
- Your child has new back pain. The pain may be just below the rib cage, on one side. This is called flank pain.
- Your child's urine smells bad or looks cloudy or discolored.
Watch closely for any changes in your child's health, and be sure to contact your doctor if:
- Your child refuses to drink fluids.