Food, dyes, and supplements that can cause green stool include: When these foods, dyes, and supplements are withdrawn from the diet, the stool should return to its normal color within a day. An infant's first bowel movements are typically green-black in color. This is called meconium â you should not see it after the infant is 3 days old.
If you are retuning home on the day of your angioplasty, you will stay in the hospital for four to six hours after the angioplasty is completed. After this observation period, you will be allowed to go home. Have someone drive you home after you procedure. You should not drive home yourself.
You may stay in the hospital for 5 to 7 days or as long as 2 weeks after surgery. Follow-up care is needed because of the possibility that colorectal cancer will return, even if the surgery was successful.