Burping, diarrhea, constipation, Please Help!!!

February 28, 2012

We have had burping (to the point of spitting up) issues for almost 2 years.

Now we have been having diarrhea problems for the last month. Thurs. 2/9 was the

3rd time this happened. At school on 2/9 he had a " regular " BM, then he had a

semi regular BM., within an hour he had diarrhea. At this point they sent him

home, where he had another diarrhea within and hour. When the 3rd round

occurred, I consulted with our GI doc, who ordered an xray. The xray showed

constipation, not a blockage. I don't know what the difference is. Doc

recommended a clean out, a 238 grams of Miralax with 64 oz. of Gatorade. We did

this on Sat. NO results. Called doc on Sat. night, got the other doc in the

office and he was not concerned, said we could give him a suppository, or enema

or wait till Monday and have another xray. Peds office recommended just waiting

till Sunday AM as it could still work. No results. Xray on Monday showed

constipation again! Wonder why? Another clean out ordered for Wed., this time

with Dulcolax before and after the Miralax. NO results by 8:30PM, so I also gave

a suppository! I checked on Nick around 4AM and he was absolutely soaked! Some

brown tinge in the diaper, but very little. The next day, he pooped more

liquid, never any real " poop " , and even that stopped by late afternoon. Was

told to start low dairy, high fiber diet and normal dose of Miralax daily with

Dulcolax on Mon., Wed. and Friday at dinner time. (Adjusted diet a little, but

not much) No BM's over the weekend, but he had 2-3 urine accidents, not normal

for Nick. Someone mentioned that it could be due to the laxatives. Today we

have green diarrhea x2, only when he stands to pee, and a little in the

underwear. Nothing when he sits on the toilet.

Nick has missed 10 days of school, due to diarrhea or the fear of it this month!

He had a great field trip today, but I kept him home, expecting and getting

diarrhea! This cannot continue. Called GI again and now he is saying " colon

neuropathy " is common in kids with Ds. And, of course, most of these messages

from the docs are through the nurses. I wasn't in agreement, and expressed

that. Why so suddenly when we had no major problems before this month? The

nurse called back and we have an appt. for tomorrow. He has not " seen " a doc,

through both of these clean outs.

I am sorry this is so long, but I wanted to give as many details as possible.

What do you think? Nick does have the Ds-Autism dx. Thanks for any input!

Joni, Nick's mom

Nick, 14, Ds-Autism

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