Can some moms and dads of tell me your experiences with your cf kids not having bowel movements for 24 hr. or longer stretches of time? Here's what's up with us right now...Emily has been doing just great! Yesterday, all of a sudden, she vomited right after having a bottle. She hasn't done that in months. she had taken the whole thing pretty quickly, so I though maybe she was too fast and it upset her tummy. NO big dieal. We washed. Waited, tried solids a while later. Ate great! Vomited. They were all foods she's had before, had her enzymnes in the usual amounts. She was happy, but sleepy and sletp comfortable through her pt/nebs. She woke up at about 10:30 pm, still acting happy, but vomited (all over Daddy's face <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">isgust<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> She did have a temp of about 99.8. I thougth maybe she picked up a bug. Then it clicked for me that she hadn't had a bm all day. She will usuallyl have 3-4 "good" ones in the morning, but she did't yesterday. She was a daycare and they recorded only "WET" on her sheets, no bm. During hte next hour, she was very uncomfortable. She was doing hte scream/cry in pain thing and writhing. Her tumlmy did feel hard to me, but she was squirming so much, its' hard to tell.
So, at 11:30 p.m. I called the cf clinic. After all, I have been told and have read that if t here is no bm in 24 hours - CALL ASAP. The pulmononlgist on call was not helpful at all, in fact very rude. He actid as though I shouldn't have called since "I can't see her symptoms over t he phone." I asked at what point to do take her for an x-ray to see if there is any blockage and he rewsponded "That's up to you - how bad does she seem?"
Emily did settle down and slept, fitfully through the night. I kind of interpreted from the jerk on call that it wasn't emergency status. So, we are calling to talk to our docs as soon as t he clinic opens, and waiting - still - for Emily to poop.
Sorry this got so long - What do you guys do in situations like this?
So, at 11:30 p.m. I called the cf clinic. After all, I have been told and have read that if t here is no bm in 24 hours - CALL ASAP. The pulmononlgist on call was not helpful at all, in fact very rude. He actid as though I shouldn't have called since "I can't see her symptoms over t he phone." I asked at what point to do take her for an x-ray to see if there is any blockage and he rewsponded "That's up to you - how bad does she seem?"
Emily did settle down and slept, fitfully through the night. I kind of interpreted from the jerk on call that it wasn't emergency status. So, we are calling to talk to our docs as soon as t he clinic opens, and waiting - still - for Emily to poop.
Sorry this got so long - What do you guys do in situations like this?