Question:
how long does it take for a leak to heal itself?

   — kelly T. (posted on October 15, 2000)

October 15, 2000
From your description, it sounds like you must have a leak leading from your small pouch into the larger lower stomach. This is not as serious as it would be if it was a leak out of the pouch into the abdominal cavity. I say just follow your doctors orders, and make sure to call if you get a fever or any signs of illness. Good Luck!
   — Lynn K.

October 15, 2000
Did you form a fistula and it's leaking outside the incision? My husband had a leak at the stoma, was reopened on Day 5 and did fine. But you are saying you did that, leaked, got fixed, and are leaking again? I would assume that if you have pain or fever that you have already called or gone back to ER?
   — vitalady

October 17, 2000
Hi, i read your post and it sounds very strange to me. My friend had a leak and it almost took her life, she had to go back in the hospital for 4 weeks high doses of antibiotics and is being fed through a feeding tube, she had 2 addtional blue dye test and she still has a small leak but it is healing. She has had nothing to eat or drink since 9/16, I must be confused about where the leak is and that a nurse can see it in the kool-aid?????Get a second opinion. A leak is very serious........
   — Eileen B.