Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The one about poo.

If you are squeamish or just don't love reading about poop, skip this one. ;) I keep up with a lot of KayTar's medical issues here because it makes for easy future reference, constipation included.

Back on July 7th (the date of which I only know because of the blog), KayTar had a middle of the night bout of abdominal pain. The next day we doubled her Miralax dose and there was a poop-a-palooza. At BubTar's basketball practice, she pooped her undies, a pull-up, and her pants. Then at home she pooped on the toilet...then the tub. Aye-yi-yi! It was all very loose, so we skipped Miralax the next day, and then went back to normal.

Then on the 17th, she passed a large, hard stool of impressive diameter. I think we were centimeters away from reentering the fecal midwifery zone. In the middle of the night, she started having very loose stools which continued into the next day. I gave a 1/2 dose of Miralax. On the 19th, she had no stool in spite of the regular Miralax dose. I put a call into the gastroenterologist that morning, because I had a sneaking suspicion we were dealing with a blockage (or several) that the looser stools were leaking around, but without x-ray vision, it is rather tough to parse it all out. I left a message explaining the situation and requesting a KUB, but nobody called me back until yesterday morning. I took her in for the KUB and we got the results this morning.

Her colon and rectum are full of stool, not to the point of impaction, but definitely in need of a good clean out. Rather than her typical dose of 1.5 tsp of Miralax QD, we are doing 3 tsp BID for a few days. Looks like we will be staying home, battening down the hatches and preparing for the Shit Storm of the Century. Unfortunately she has her tree nut challenge tomorrow, which means we'll have to take this show on the road. She has been struggling with encopresis for a while now, which is why she is back in pull-ups. Hopefully after the clean out, that will improve once we get her maintenance dose correct. I guess there is nothing to do now but wait and see how it goes....literally AND figuratively.

8 comments:

chrissy said...

...and bring extra clothes to your appt. Poor baby. Hope she gets straightened out ASAP.

alejna said...

Poor kiddo.

I second chrissy's suggestion of extra clothes. Maybe even several sets.

Hope things clear up soon.

kg said...

I'm thinking an extra set for you too...then you won't need it!

good thing you checked out your suspicions!

flutter said...

well, crap.

InTheFastLane said...

Ha! Flutter made me laugh :)
But, really, I hope things work out in the end (sorry, couldn't help myself - but the sentiments are true).

~aj~ said...

These comments are cracking me up. :)

Hope the appointment goes well...and then hope you guys can get back home before the *beep* hits the fan. I actually laughed out loud when I read about the storm of the century on the horizon.

Bless her little heart...I remember all too well how miserable that is for them. :(

natalie said...

I'm so sorry, but this post made me laugh...I love the "Shit Storm of the Century." I remember when M took miralax and we had to adjust her dosage to her need...and oh the consequences we'd pay when I accidenatlly overdosed her!!! Poor kiddo.

natalie said...

I'm so sorry, but this post made me laugh...I love the "Shit Storm of the Century." I remember when M took miralax and we had to adjust her dosage to her need...and oh the consequences we'd pay when I accidenatlly overdosed her!!! Poor kiddo.