RE: Re: miralax and my neighbor

[Guest guest]

Good idea! I’ll try that for the next time her kid gets

constipated. Thank you!

From:

miralax [mailto:miralax ] On Behalf Of mommtlc

Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:48 PM

To: miralax

Subject: Re: miralax and my neighbor

How about taking her some Kid Calm, Aloe Vera,

Smooth Move tea,

mineral water a batch of GF magic brownies?

>

> Well, I just won the " bad neighbor " award. My neighbor called to

say her

> daughter was suffering terrible constipation, so she took her to

the doc.

> Doc gave her Miralax. When she told me that, I gasped out loud and,

without

> thinking, said, " You didn't give it to her, did you?! " Of course

the answer

> was yes. Still not thinking, I went into a quiet tirade of why that

was not

> a good idea and what she could've done instead. I feel so bad on

one hand

> that I wasn't asked what I thought or for advice and for my quick

reaction,

> yet on the other hand, my God! When will they stop giving this to

kids?! I

> mean, seriously, the kid had 3 days of constipation - what about

mineral

> oil?? They jump so quickly to a prescription! Well, now I have to

make

> amends with my neighbor. I think she likes chocolate chip cookies.

>