One bad weekend

[Jaden]

Glad to hear the little dude is on the mend, hope for a full recovery soon.

Steve

[JSUPreston]

He was feeling well enough yesterday that I thought he should go back to Kindergarten today. SWMBO said that she promised him he wouldn't go back this week. I put my foot down, told her I was the head of the house and was going back to school today. This morning, I dropped him off with the grandparents. He goes back on Monday.

[Pappy]

He was feeling well enough yesterday that I thought he should go back to Kindergarten today. SWMBO said that she promised him he wouldn't go back this week. I put my foot down, told her I was the head of the house and was going back to school today. This morning, I dropped him off with the grandparents. He goes back on Monday.

Doesn't it hurt to put your foot down with it in your mouth? Seems like it would be rough on the tongue!

[ironhat]

Good to hear that the boy is on the mend. I looked up Hirshsprung's on Wikipedia and it can be a difficult course of treatment. It sounds like he is on the mend well ahead of the curve. Prayers up for a continued recovery.

[JSUPreston]

Pappy, you get used to it after a while.

I spoke with my wife's aunt yesterday. She is a nurse in a gastrointerologist office. She thinks that we don't need to worry about the HS disease, even though we will still talk with the pediatrician about it.

[Uncle Cracker]

Pappy, you get used to it after a while.

I spoke with my wife's aunt yesterday. She is a nurse in a gastrointerologist office. She thinks that we don't need to worry about the HS disease, even though we will still talk with the pediatrician about it.

You don't need to worry about it if he doesn't have it, for sure. But we heard many such assurances before our son was finally diagnosed. If this episode was a one time shot, your wife's aunt is right. But if it happens again, don't dismiss the possibility.

[MilDoc]

Hirschprung's Is a bit more common then even a lot of Pediatricians realize. there is a variant of it called "short segment." But unless this is recurrent it probably is not that.

Common problem: kids don't want to interrupt play and hold it and hold it and ... get "megacolon." Think of the colon like a balloon. It stretches, you go when the muscles contract, and it gets smaller. Keep it "blown up" and it loses it's muscle tone, stays that way, fills up, can't go easily. Voila! The resulting BMs hurt which makes the child even less willing to go.

Miralax (generic: Glycolax, cheaper) is safe, effective. You can not become dependent on it since it is not a stimulant laxative. But to work it must be taken every day. Depending on the severity of the problem, it may take 3 - 12 months for the colon to get its muscle tone back.

Also important: "bowel training." Sit on the toilet after every meal (when the gastrocolic reflex kicks in to make most people have to go).

Diet helps, but getting kids to eat right is hard in itself. Extra fluids don't help much since most is absorbed long before it reaches the colon.

So, keep at it! Miralax daily. No BM for 2-3 days, double the dose.

[JSUPreston]

Doc, you sure you're not our pediatrician? You pretty much said everything our docs did.