

She added, “And for those that have asked, he had an ostomy reversal and it went great.”īaby Jones Should Be Able to Head Home SoonĪ post shared by Emily Maynard Johnson the Mayo Clinic explains, an ostomy is “a surgically created opening in your abdomen that allows waste or urine to leave your body.” Kaiser Permanente adds that during the initial surgery, the bowel is separated and attached to the opening created by the surgeon. “I love him so much,” Maynard wrote in text over the photo. He grinned and seemed to be reaching for his mama as a stuffed animal rested on top of him. The photo the “Bachelorette” star posted showed Jones in a hospital bed and hospital gown, and he was covered with a cozy blue blanket. Now, in an April 27 Instagram Story, Maynard revealed her baby boy had undergone yet another surgery. Just a few weeks after leaving the hospital, Jones was slated to have another surgical procedure. She told People at the time the need for him to stay at the hospital for so long was “devastating.” The former “Bachelorette” explained, “I was just grieving all of it and that the experience was so different from what I had expected.” She added, “Waking up the next morning hearing all the babies crying down the hallway while I was in the room alone, it hurt so much.” That abnormality meant that Jones needed surgery almost immediately after his arrival, and it kept him in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital for a month after his August 31 birth.

A post shared by Tyler Johnson Jones’ arrival, Maynard told People he was also born with a rare congenital colon abnormality.
