Impacted. Ugh.

So…I haven’t been talking about it, but Owen is still having major poop(ing) issues. Everything from constipation to diarrhea. Lately we’ve been going through 5-7 pairs of underwear a day. ๐Ÿ™

We’ve tried eliminating milk from his diet, he was tested for Celiac, we gave him probiotics…and nothing ever really seemed to help. So we scheduled an appointment with the GI specialist and it was this morning.

The diagnosis? He’s impacted. All the little peanut-buttery poops we’ve been getting is basically leakage because he has so much poop backed up that the soft stuff is all that will come out. (I’m sure it hasn’t been impacted the whole seven months…but it’s apparently been most of the time.)

So, we basically get to do colonoscopy prep without actually having the colonoscopy. A full dose of Miralax every hour from 8a–5pm and then a maintenance schedule of one full dose of Miralax every day PLUS Ex-Lax chocolates PLUS mineral oil PLUS as much of a high fiber diet as we can get him to eat PLUS sitting on the potty after each meal blowing up balloons (it mimics the action of pooping).

FOR SIX WEEKS. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

We basically have to retrain (and shrink) his colon while trying to teach him how to poop.

I can promise that tomorrow is NOT going to be fun for either of us. Nor is the following six weeks. But hopefully it will do some good… I’m hoping we’ll get back into undies fairly quickly.

So, then it was off to get him an X-ray and Tom met us there because of the whole no-kids-sitting-alone thing. Which Owen LOVED. ๐Ÿ™‚

As far as him understanding what’s going on… He just knows he went to the doctor to see if we could fix his pooping. I explained what’s going to happen tomorrow (he has to drink lots of water and will be pooping a lot)…but who knows how much he really understands. ๐Ÿ™

Photos from the day…

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One Reply to “Impacted. Ugh.”

  1. I understand he is impacted………..now. But he has had some BIG poops along the way. He hasn’t been impacted the whole six months you’ve been trying to get him to poop. ???? He could tell by feeling his abdomen? Are you going to put pullups on him for the day he gets the Miralax every hour? Not fun. For anyone. Does he know why he went to the doctor? Poor kid. Poor mom and dad. Sounds like a good plan though!

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