It' been a few months since the last update so I will pick up where I left off...
We started the big clean out on Easter morning. She quickly started going to the bathroom and within jut a few hours it became apparent that it was not going to work. Based on my limited knowledge and what I had known about how backed up she was, her poops cleared way too quickly! By Monday she was miserable. She wasn't allowed anything but clear liquids, she didn't feel good, and was having clear diarrhea constantly. I called the doctor to check in once we had finished the regimen. I explained my concerns that although she had been going frequently there was virtually no stool and that therefore it hadn't worked. The nurse agreed and said that they would get back in touch about what to do next. Within a few hours they called back and said the doctor had ordered an XRAY to be done immediately to confirm everyone's suspicions. I grabbed Charlie from daycare and we quickly drove downtown to the hospital. Charlie knows what is up when we walk into the hospital and I was by myself. She threw a complete fit. For the first time, she wiggled so much during the XRAY they had to repeat it which means even more exposure to radiation.
The doctor called the next day and had reported what I instinctively had known. The clean out did NOTHING! There was no movement, and no change, and now the situation was dangerous and borderline emergency. We spoke about whether or not to bring her in immediately to take her into an operating room to do a manual disimpaction or whether we wanted to wait what would be 48 hours for one last ditch effort with a new laxative. We decided to wait, fingers crossed that this would work. Charlie was to take 4 ounces of mineral oil a day for two days. If she wouldn't drink it or we didn't get any results we were to call immediately and go in for the procedure. Thank goodness for daycare and her wonderful teachers who tried everything under the sun and with a straw and a shot glass we got her to drink up! Fortunately, she went enough to buy us some time and we avoided the manual disimpaction. We kept on the mineral oil, the miralax, and the suppositories, so she would keep going.
We went in after the weekend and the doctor checked her out and confirmed that the meds finally did their job. Now, it was finally time for the next big test in an attempt for some more answers.
