A 47-Year-Old Patient with a Permanent Colostomy Reports Some Abdominal $\degree$

A 47-year-old patient with a permanent colostomy reports some abdominal discomfort and rigidity 3 days after surgery.Which assessment should the nurse report and record?

A) Vital signs are temperature, 100 $\degree$ F; pulse, 92 beats/min; and blood pressure, 160/98 mm Hg.
B) Stoma is swollen and red; small amount of blood is observed at the base.
C) Pouch has drained 110 mL of green-brown liquid, oozing from the pouch edges.
D) Stoma is protruding.