Instructed patient/caregiver about some things you can do to help move things through your ostomy: Sometimes changing
your position, such as drawing your knees up to your chest, may help move along the food in your gut.
Instructed patient caregiver If you keep having pain and cramping with no output from your stoma for more than 2 hours,
and you can’t reach your doctor or ostomy nurse, go to the emergency room. Take all your ostomy supplies with you.