A patient with a gunshot wound to the abdomen undergoes surgery,and a colostomy is formed as illustrated.What should the nurse explain to the patient? 
A) This type of colostomy is usually temporary.
B) Soft,formed stool can be expected as drainage.
C) The drainage is liquid at this site but less odorous than at higher sites.
D) Colostomy irrigations can help regulate the drainage from the proximal stoma.
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