Pooping and Food Questions???

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Hi All,I have been following this group for a couple months now and appreciate all the advice, help and information I've read.My four year old daughter had her first operation on Friday. Things went very well. The cholesteatoma was larger than expected from the CT scan (size of a grape). They did take the incus bone (we expected that), some cells were also on the stapes bone, but it appeared to not be deteriorating yet, so they just scraped it and left it in. Thankfully no cells were near the facial nerve. Now here's my questions:- She woke up too quickly two times so the first time they gave her fentanyl and the second time morphine. I know that morphine can be very binding and she is having a hard time pooping. Any suggestions??- She has always been a bit of a fussy eater and now everything she tries she says tastes funny and spits it out. I understand your tastebuds can be affected and things tend to taste 'tinny'. How long does this typically last? And what foods worked for you? Yesterday all she could handle were popsicles, pickles and some cauliflower. Even getting water, juice etc into her was hard and I was trying to get liquids in her (to help with the above problem). What foods and drinks worked for you????Thank you.Regards, Kim Krogan Mother of: Dalton (Oct. '03) & Shayla (Jan. '07) San Francisco, California