A 33-yr-old male patient with a gunshot wound to the abdomen undergoes surgery,and a colostomy is formed as shown in the accompanying figure. Which information will be included in patient teaching? 
A) Stool will be expelled from both stomas.
B) This type of colostomy is usually temporary.
C) Soft, formed stool can be expected as drainage.
D) Irrigations can regulate drainage from the stomas.
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