x-ray shows full of (soft) poop

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My 4 yr old DD has been off Miralax for 2 months now. I feel its been going

pretty well, she poops once a day and they were very rocky and now finally

softer. Once in a while she skips a day but usually goes quite a bit the next

day. But yesterday she went 3 or 4 times and it got stinkier & more liquidy each

time. She has shown no other sign of illness so I was concerned that she might

have a blockage so I took her to her pediatrician. He did an ex-ray which

thankfully showed no hard poop, but it did show that she is completely FULL of

soft poop all the way back to her stomach. Therefore he wanted her to go back on

Miralax to get cleaned out to which I absolutely refused. I don't even think

that makes sense in this instance anyways! So he prescribed lactulose / enulose.

He said it doesn't contain PEG. Is that a good alternative in this case? Is

there anything else we can do to help her fully empty her bowels? I truly don't

even think she can feel there is more in there. She seems to try very hard to

push it out (till she's red in the face) and she will get hardly anything out.

It just makes me wonder if there are more medical issues working against her. Or

if her intestines are just so damaged from the 10 mos she was on Miralax.