NOTE: This is another blog about poop. If you have a weak stomach, or a distinct dislike for defecation you may want to skip this one.
so, as you may or may not know, kaiya's biggest issue is constipation. the kiddo always has trouble pushing out the poos...and it's only made more difficult because she doesn't like to drink and has a love for bananas. the other day i realized that i would have to give her some help, so i gave her an enema. we waited for awhile...and nothing happened. she fell asleep after pushing for awhile, so i left her alone, thinking maybe during the night she would get some relief. well, we woke up in the morning and there weren't any presents waiting for me, so i gave her another enema (yes the box says they are for occasional use...but hey, there are different rules in trisomy-land right?) so she pushed and pushed, and nothing came out. i realized i had to go to plan e. e for extraction...yuk. after my first round with this method kaiya started being able to finish on her own. she went, and went, and went. my little girl that was starting to look like her torso was filling out, all of a sudden started looking like a victim of starvation. akaiya was literally full of sh** - well she was, before she started expelling it like crazy. i can not believe how much came out of her, i can not believe how bloated she was, and i can not believe how skinny she is now :(
so, i decided to give her a bath. i thought it would relax her, maybe the warm water would make her feel a little bit better. i was looking at her stomach while i was washing her hair - it looked odd. i could see the abdominal muscles clearly...and her stomach was caved inward. right as the thought went through my mind, "there is no way she can have any more poop inside of her" something floated by...i was confused at first, until i looked down towards her rear end, where i saw a big brown pile. oh man! so we quickly got out of the tub, cleaned off in the shower, and went to get dressed. how would i entertain myself without these crazy bloopers?
also something of a noteworthy event - akaiya had her first mcdonalds cheeseburger. i had forgotten to bring food for her lunch, and i was looking for an excuse to have one of their fountain cokes (what do they put into those things? it doesn't taste like regular coca-cola.) so i decided to get her a cheeseburger happy meal. she seemed to really like it! of course i had to puree it, which was kind of gross to be honest, but she didn't mind that at all. so now kaiya has officially joined the rest of america in her love for fast food ;)
5 comments:
Thank you for making me laugh! I'm sorry Akaiya has trouble using the bathroom. That cannot be fun! Lily has the opposite problem.
I love poop posts! We are always doing stuff like massage and exercise to get vera to poo too.
Over in Singpore, every kid is a MacDonald's kid. So good job on the cheeseburger akaiya!
Boy how I can relate to the no pooping issue. Does she do anything like miralax on a regular basis? Since Annabel's surgery on her bowel she is pooping better but we still have to give her little bit of miralax sprinkled over her ceral or oatmeal. You should mix it in liquids like water but with ours not drinking we have that issue,right.
Yea, for kaiya and her Cheeseburger! How did you puree in the resturant?
we don't use miralax or anything on a regular basis...tried to use a stool softener for awhile, but like you said, if the kiddos aren't taking in a lot of liquids all that stuff is pretty useless. the cheeseburger was pureed at home, with lots of ketchup added. but i do have a hand mixer thingy (i think it's a smoothie maker) that transports pretty easily. and i know another family that has a non-electric puree contraption that they got at a baby store.
Does she eat the pureed food by mouth, or take it by tube? Now you make me want to puree a cheeseburger for Mallorie! I can't believe we have never given her one, and I'm feeling jealous about it. :) Of course, hers will go in her tube. But I'll let you know when we "catch up" in that area.
Great post. As the others said, I can SO much relate to this, and so I don't find poop posts odd at all. I love them.
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