Yes, you read it correctly, another hospital stay. A few years ago, when I left the surgeons office after a week-long hospital stay, the doctor told me I pretty much have become a chronic case. I can get a bowel obstruction at any time, anywhere, and there is nothing I can do to change this from happening. From my past surgeries as a child and beyond, scar tissue has become a part of my body. With the movement of the intestines I have left, there are times that the scar tissue wraps around the intestines and traps anything from passing. As a result I am kept in the hospital on bed rest and nothing by mouth, not even an ice cube for as long as it takes to clear. So far, in the past 5 years, I have had this experience three times. I have escaped surgery each time since the obstruction cleared in about a week. After a week, they would have to consider surgery which is the last thing they want to do to me. I grow scar tissue, ironically, and opening me up could possibly leave me in worse condition than I already am.
For those of you who have never experienced an obstruction, the pain is more severe than labor- that is the only other pain I can compare it to! It does not go away unless you are sedated with very strong pain killers. It is a terrible experience each time it happens and I know from the time the pains begin that I am heading to the ER and not coming home. It humbles me to the point that my needs are so very small that I can put them in a small satchel. I lie in bed in the hospital in horrific pain waiting for my next pain shot. The next thing I dream of is a sip of any liquid when I am permitted. As sad and horrible as it sounds, it works and I am happy to be home, resting, eating again, and on my way to recovery. I need my strength for my family and my foundation and my friends. Thank you ‘higher power” for my recovery. 
