hjdong
11-02-2004, 04:17 PM
DS is horribly constipated. As of last night, he hadn't gone in three days. He was crying and you could see all of his little torso muscles tense up. We gave him a suppository, he took a nap, then literally laid in my arms from 3:30 to 5 when he was finally able to poop. And man was it large - think the two pieces, put together the size of a cd player. So I think, for the moment, problem solved. DS runs off to play and I am completely worn out. I told DH I don't know how parents survive children's real illnesses because I was left completely drained from this relatively minor issue.
This morning, he wakes up, and it starts all over again. Luckily, yesterday I made an appointment with the ped. yesterday so just went this morning. Because of previous medical issues, the ped. has referred us to a gastro-int. specialist. We go tomorrow. I feel awful because I really felt like I wasn't pushing him to potty train for exactly this reason (DH and I even had some "discussions" on this issue) and now I feel like I failed. It was/is so horrible to hear him crying in pain. Not so much looking for advice as kind of needing to get this off my chest, although if anyone has miracle cures, I'm all ears.
Thanks for listening,
This morning, he wakes up, and it starts all over again. Luckily, yesterday I made an appointment with the ped. yesterday so just went this morning. Because of previous medical issues, the ped. has referred us to a gastro-int. specialist. We go tomorrow. I feel awful because I really felt like I wasn't pushing him to potty train for exactly this reason (DH and I even had some "discussions" on this issue) and now I feel like I failed. It was/is so horrible to hear him crying in pain. Not so much looking for advice as kind of needing to get this off my chest, although if anyone has miracle cures, I'm all ears.
Thanks for listening,