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had another “episode”

Last Thurs we were at grandmas house when she really started getting worked up saying ” mommy poopy out! ” over and over. All the while skipping dinner and the “behavior” really getting worse and worse. We spent a half hour on the ‘big girl’ potty waiting and nothing.  There was no calming her. She’d cry, ask to come up and then want to get right back down. Friday was really bad. The morning not so much. But, as the day went on with no bowel movement and becoming more tired the behavior increased. So much so that as she was leaving for a sleep over with her favorite aunt I gave instructions to call should the behavior intensify to anything worse than what it currently was. About an hour after arriving at her house she moved her bowels – which was described as quite the episode – and the behavior stopped immediately.  And hasn’t been present, but for when she’s been really sleepy, all weekend long. What has been here has been very VERY minimal.

Now this morning she sat in her chair like a perfect little angel, ate all her breakfast and then some, and moved her bowels without neither of us noticing. But now tonight the behavior was present and she has been saying every once in a while “mommy poopy out” but there’s been only an extremely small amount… We’re seeing a G.I. specialist on the 26th. Hopefully he’ll find something and help as far as thats concerned. And then this coming Fri. we’re meeting with the individuals who had done the initial E.I. eval to come up with a “routine” and possible a change in diet.

I really hope and pray that we’re onto the right track over here. That someday soon we’ll have her as comfortable as possible. So, that she won’t need to resort to this behavior everytime her tummy, or what ever it is, bothers her.

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