Encopresis Update

Thought I would update about Olivia's Encopresis.  As we colored in the last smiley face on her chart last night I was so happy for her progress.  I will call the doctor after we finish this next chart and see what we need to start changing.  So much progress has been made.  Right now pooping is no big deal for her! She is an afternoon/evening pooper which makes life better instead of staying up until all hours trying to get her to go.. Now she goes and is done.  I was so proud because she even pooped at the campground Saturday night in the restroom they have! I was so proud of her! But right now it is getting so much better! Right now...tomorrow it could all start over...but hoping it doesn't!

Don't be jealous of our charts but you can tell how much better she is doing.  Yellow smiley poop on the potty, red smiley poop in her pants, and an X for not pooping that day.  And yes we have notes and times when she poops...see don't be jealous of that!

We did a good job until....

Today I was so proud of Olivia.  Her Encopresis has its good moments and bad. Last night after about an hour of trying she pooped on the potty! Wahoo! So tonight, I told her that her friends were at the park and if she went we could go to the park.  Well what do you know....she pooped in 5 minutes or less! We were so thrilled and excited! We literally ran out of the house to make it to the park! Well we made it and saw animals- llamas, bunnies, ducks, a baby pig and played....

And then about 45 minutes after we were into playing a very sad Olivia came up to me and said she pooped in her pants.  We were both so sad because it was bad enough that we had to go home.  I got her all cleaned up in the car and we sadly drove home.

There was a glimmer of hope today...oh well tomorrow is a new day! But I was so happy to see her so happy to go poop and not have to get on and off the potty all night! In all honesty I think she was the saddest about me throwing away her Elsa undies....

Encopresis...not for the faint of heart

If you haven't seen me this summer it is because I have spent a good majority in the bathroom this summer with Olivia.  We have spent hours it seems in the bathroom trying to poop.  Since visiting the GI on July 9th, there has been some really easy days and lots of success!!  Then mix in the whole strep throat/rash/scarlet fever deal and I feel like we have had to start over.  Of course I called the GI on Friday, but just a few too many minutes late around 1:15....they are human too and they should be able to have short office hours on Friday...they deal with poop issues all week....they probably need a break too! But the past few days we are back to her holding it again.  I don't know how she holds it...but she has buns of steel I tell ya! This hasn't been easy on any of us...it is difficult and challenging but when we do have success we are so happy.  We know that this is just a phase and a bump in the road and eventually she will get over it...or else we are going to be REALLY miserable! But just pray for our sanity as we sit in the bathroom and all the fun stuff that goes with it!

GI visit

TMI warning....just sayin'

Today we took Olivia to the GI to find out what is going on with her pooping and Encopresis.  The doctor was wonderful and thankfully pretty humorous.  Of course I cried because I feel like a horrible mom that can't get her kid to poop.  But he reassured us that this is very common and fixable.  We discussed lots of things that we had done, what the pediatrician told us to do etc.  So finally after her exam which he found that everything was functioning normally, he gave us our plan.  It is pretty simple and a stop at Wal-Mart on the way home made it better to start today by picking up a few things.  I won't go into detail of the plan because I am not a doctor and you should not do things our doctor told us to do for our child to your child.  But today it worked and she pooped on the potty.  We had to "call" the doctor and tell him, I made a pretend phone call and that seemed to work! But we had success on day one so hopefully it will continue! But we learned a lot today about poop, but it is always good information to know!

We always get happy for poop on the potty no matter where she goes!

Encopresis

So it isn't just Olivia being a stubborn pooper....she has Encopresis.  After waiting lots at the doctor she confirmed it and also gave us a referral for the GI to make sure nothing else is wrong.  Probably the worst part of it today, I had to give her an enema...I never imagined doing things like this in my life! So we have had an eventful afternoon and evening.  Thankfully our doctor prewarned me to have her wear Pull Ups...we have gone through a lot of them.  We went to soccer practice and even had to have a change there.  Thankfully it wasn't too bad...but still embarrassing! So the plan now is to increase her Miralax to a whole cap full and clean her out.  Hopefully one enema is enough and the increase in Miralax helps it....never a dull moment! But July 9th is a far away....that is when we see the GI.