Jack's been having some real serious troubles pooping this last week. All of us have now been privy to at least one of his painful sessions. Just awful and scary and really un-fun to the n'th degree for him.
Stacy found a new Pediatrician who she, Jack, and I visited today (Tuesday). Wow, what a great doctor. A really comfy office with a fish tank and lots of books. All of the nurses and aides were super-friendly and nice. They took their time with Jack and let us test everything first on Cutie (his bunny).
It was all very pleasant and non-rushed and really set Jack at ease. We told him what to expect and he was really super during the whole appointment.
The doctor basically said that it looks like he's eating well and drinking well and that the main thing would to be get a stool softener that could be added to his juice once a day. The goal would be to have consistent diarrhea for 1 week & then have us adjust the dosage until he was simply having comfortable, regular wet poops.
This treatment would last for six months. Time enough for him to forget about poops being painful.
She said it was actually good timing as he's not potty trained yet and that kids with this common issue who have treatment later on (4 or 5) end up having loads of trouble with accidents.
I felt that she was really reassuring and professional. She listened to everything Stacy and I said and had good, clear, reasonable advice.
Stacy was able to get the additive & we started his first treatment today!
Today he had 2 big hard poops. One very painful earlier in the day, and then another one that was less painful later in the day. The second poop seemed a bit softer to me than the poops I had been seeing.
Lets' stay posted.
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