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Hello All, My son who is 21, wants to have his j pouch removed. His initial diagnosis was at 19 and he's spent 16 weeks in the hospital so far with almost every possible complication imaginable.

The pouch failed almost immediately, and he had to have emergency diversion surgery in Feb. It is now June and after 3 additional hospitalizations we think the leak in the pouch has finally been fixed. He doesn't want to try another reversal - it was hell. He believes a permanent ileostomy is right for him.

What questions should we be considering before taking this step?

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