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| Thowback to a happier day - outside with sissy!! |
UGH!
Lucy is suffering from another round of GI issues. She threw up on Monday night after seeming to be fine all day. I gave her a suppository and she did have a bowel movement, but was pretty sleepy on Tuesday and still throwing up some. By Tuesday evening, she was feeling better and we felt comfortable enough to go to my parent's on Thursday for Thanksgiving.
However, since we got home on Friday, she's been throwing up and has only had 2 small BM's, despite 3 suppository tries. We have opted to keep her home for now but know she will need fluids soon as she hasn't kept more than a few sips of water and 2 popsicles down since Friday. I am very hesitant to go to the ER and subject her to X-rays, ultrasounds, MRI's, medicine, etc. etc. etc. and am hoping to avoid it altogether this time.
I have no idea what is causing this, but have a theory that it might be related to chronic got motility issues. Since school has started Lucy's normal food and digestive schedule has been thrown off, so I am planning to keep her on a maintenance laxative once she recovers in the hopes of avoiding this in the future. The current bout does not seem to be related to sickness or infection.
It's so hard to figure out and super frustrating - I want to take it away and never have her be in pain again. And of course, true to form when I was giving her a bath on Saturday night and crying because I felt so bad for her, she reached out of the bath to give me a hug and tell me not to be sad. Seriously...rockstar 5 year old right there.
