The doctor has had Larkin on 2 teaspoons of Miralax per day. The goal is that she have 1 good bowel movement a day that empties her bowel. She's not doing that. She has 5-6 little ones per day. The doctor told me to increase her dosage of Miralax and see what happens over the weekend. If she has not improved, then he's going to send her to a specialist. Of course, on top of her 'issues' she has had a diaper rash for over a month. It's not a big deal except that she's uncomfortable and it makes changing her diaper (5-6 times a day) really difficult. We've got a Rx for her bum and she should be feeling better soon.
Larkin did something new and disturbing on Monday that we are now keeping our eye on. As the kids and I sat down at Target's food court to eat lunch, I looked over at Larkin and noticed that she was shaking like a leaf. She was also going to town on her pizza. It's obvious that she was super hungry and maybe her blood sugars were low. She's never done that before even though she has the typical 2-year-old diet of milk and juice and crackers. The doctor said to bring her in the next time she does it and we'll test her blood sugars. Sometimes I feel like we're in an episode of 'Mystery Diagnosis'. I just hope that this is nothing but a little big of 'backed up bowel' and Larkin will be fine after we up her Miralax. Hopefully she'll be feeling better soon!
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