Sunday, December 21, 2008

that's just not right.

sooo Lexi hasn't pooped in almost 18 days. we've used every home method possible (suppository, enema, juice, prunes, water, karo syrup- you name it, we've probably tried it) and i took her to the doctor last wednesday. they did an x-ray and didn't find anything wrong. so, we were given a prescription laxative and told that if she hadn't gone in 2 or 3 days to bring her back in. i called on saturday and they told me to wait till the weekend was over. she's been on the med more than 4 days and still hasn't gone. tomorrow we have to go back to the doctor and she is going to have another x-ray and probably have more tests done.
she seems to feel pretty well most of the time, though she's not super happy as often as she was a few weeks ago.
anyway, i don't know what kind of tests (if any) she'll have to go through tomorrow and it makes me sick just thinking about having to see her in pain and not being able to comfort her (there's no way those tests could be pleasant!).
i haven't been really worried about her until today. i'm starting to worry that maybe it's not just a weird freak of nature thing but that something might actually be wrong with her. never in my life have i WANTED to change a poopy diaper, but right now it would make me downright excited.
please pray for her (and me) tomorrow and in the days to come. i mean- she can't go without pooping forever!!! i certainly wouldn't have thought that she could go almost 3 weeks without pooping, though!
i will update when we know more. or if she just plain poops :)

2 comments:

Candace said...

Poor girl! I feel so bad for you guys. I'll keep praying. Love you.

jennyc said...

That's terrible - I'll say a prayer for you guys tomorrow!