After Her Gastrectomy, Actress Sandra Newton Asks the Nurse When

After her gastrectomy, actress Sandra Newton asks the nurse when the nasogastric tube will be removed. The nurse responds ______________.

A) "According to standard procedures only, it will be removed on the fourth postoperative day."
B) "When bowel sounds are established and you have passed flatus or stool."
C) "Thirty-six hours after the cessation of bloody drainage."
D) "After two days of alternate clamping and unclamping of the tube."