Poo and more poo.

Well I think I've actually used a similar title for a previous post- which tells you how much I've dealt with this subject. Well- what mom hasn't? But my little guy (turns 2 on Saturday) has dealt with this monstrous poo problem all of his life. I've posted on it before- but we were finally able to get him into a specialist this past week. I braved the appointment with both boys since I was able to get the appointment the day before the scheduled day. Normally I go to all lengths possible to not take the extra child who is not being seen. They goof all the whole time- start getting into who knows what- while I'm trying to listen to the doctor, while making sure they don't swallow hazardous waste or spill germ killer all over the floor. Well. A day's notice did not allow me to find a sitter for Ian- so I prepped him up for the doctor's appointment all morning. I had to wake them up from their nap to make it to the appointment (only to find Ian still awake- and had received no nap). So we went, I prayed- and we survived. Ian did pretty good in the beginning, sat with his sticker book and his snack, but after about 10 minutes of the doc and I talking- Luke started egging Ian on to play and Ian fell right into his hands. (sigh)

Anyway- Luke's chronic diarrhea has haunted him since birth with no end in sight. After numerous diets, supplements, and doc appointments, our latest steps is seeing a GI specialist and doing some tests. He may just have "toddler's diarrhea" and some kids don't grow out of that until they are 4 or 5. (Yikes). But they can give medication to slow things down, etc. So the doc wants him to go on a low carb (are you kidding) diet for 2 weeks. That sounds like a nightmare. Eating chicken and cheese for 2 weeks while everyone else isn't sounds like a recipe for disaster. Also- I had to get a fresh stool sample sometime and get it to the lab within 2 hours of for them to do lab work. Fresh poo... I was a bit panicked about this part because Luke is potty trained and wears undies all day but during nap and nighttime. It is then and only then that he will have diarrhea. It's like he's too scared to poop in the potty because he knows how much it hurts. So every night I put a diaper on him, paste on diaper cream and arrive to a diarrhea diaper EVERY morning. But- how would I know how fresh the poo was? Would I have to take a sample in the middle of the night? Plus- school starts on Monday---....But God relieved my stress when I put Ian down for a nap (after Luke was put down 20 minutes prior), and I walked past Luke's room. My nose caught the atrocious odor that has plagued our house for 2 years and I wondered if I could sneak in and extract the poo. So I went for it. The precious boy laid right down while I changed him and I put him right back in bed. I called my sister (I'm so blessed to have her!) and she came over and held the nap fort down while I packaged the poo and rushed over to the lab to deliver the goods.

I feel so relieved to have that part done. Now I have to take him to the lab on Saturday for blood work. He'll love that.

So for now- low carbs, 2 probiotics, benefiber, and most likely a fussy boy. I pray that we'll find an answer soon. Hopefully it's just a temporary thing that he'll grow out of and not any life long condition.

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Last weekend we got to spend time with our good friends. It was so great to see them and actually hang out. The kids had such a great time together. They all just seemed so big. They called each other "My friend" all weekend and got along really well.

Little T is not so little anymore.

They did not want me to push them. Only each other.

We went to the water park and the boys were in heaven. They went on the water slide repeatedly and were pretty fearless in the water.

For now- we're hoping to hull away the last of our landscaping project and be done with it. Then Monday-school starts. I hope we can get right into the swing of things...I hope.