Had a similar issues a year or so ago when DS got a stomach bug and then had issues for a week or so afterwards. Last weekend, ds had issues with very loose stools -- not formed at all and ran a low grade fever Sunday night. A week later he's still having very loose stools -- malapsorption with greasy globs (Sorry TMI). Not much of an appetite. Tummy is soft, not distended or sore. We thought it could be a partial blockage so gave him some milk of mag. He's vomited at daycare once last week and again this morning. Saying he was just full. I'm hoping it just recovery from last weeks stomach bug, could be too much heat and not enough salt..... Only problem is that school starts tomorrow and if he hurls he gets sent home. Argh!!! If he's truly sick, I'd want to keep him home; however....
Stomach bug? deja vu
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Hope he feels better! did the daycare say if there has been a stomach bug going around? Sometimes I'll ask and try to find out how long it's been lasting in the kids. I always breathe a sigh of relief when I know other kids have had similar symptoms that my daughter has had.
Yes, he takes enzymes on a regular basis. I've even bumped it up by 1 or 2 because of the extra oil showing with the output. When he began having problems a week ago, I asked if he'd been sharing/eating some of his cousin's popcorn without enzymes or my MIL, the retired nurse can't seem to wrap her mind around extra enzymes for extra fatty things -- Like movie theatre popcorn I pretty much double the # of enzymes.
TreasureGoddess
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It almost sounds like your kiddo is building up a partial blockage. Do you do any maintenance doses of miralax on a daily basis? Sometimes the milk of magnesia is more of a clean-out type effect on my son but we do between .5 and 1 capful of miralax mixed into a gatorade drink daily. This helps things move along. The feeling full in the morning and the throwing up plus loose stools can sometimes be symptoms of partial blockages forming in the digestive tract. It could all be a stomach thing, esp if he ran a low grade fever and doesn't usually. Just keep tuned to your child's symptoms and see how it goes. If they feel full in the mornings and either throw up but don't have other symptoms of stomach flu it could be the body slowing down digestion a bit. They can tell on xrays how packed up the insides are, but I try not to radiate my kid more than we need to (seems like there's always another xray or test needed). good luck!
Aboveallislove
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I agree with treasure goddess. Maybe have ped see if he feels stool and where and if so hit with milk of magnesia and miralax a few days plus maintained e of miralax
Keep us posted. I hope he an awesome 1st Day! Big Hugs!LittleLab4CF
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The excitement building up to a new school year is challenging for parents and kids. I am not sure which of you really has a stomach bug, you both have the jitters. Some people, like me, have missed nearly every first day of school, hurled back stage before every speech or presentation and called in sick the first day of at least four jobs in my life.
Stomach problems like infection or oral antibiotics tend to throw everything off. You may be seeing mucus generated by an irritated GI tract over a blob of fat. That one has fooled me more than once. Hopefully he is on the mend. Anytime DS is dumping fliuds, loose stool, vomiting and such, should be quickly replaced with electrolyte drinks. Lower food volume gets a proportional amount of Mirilax with liquids. Make a trail run to school three weeks beforehand.
LL
Stomach problems like infection or oral antibiotics tend to throw everything off. You may be seeing mucus generated by an irritated GI tract over a blob of fat. That one has fooled me more than once. Hopefully he is on the mend. Anytime DS is dumping fliuds, loose stool, vomiting and such, should be quickly replaced with electrolyte drinks. Lower food volume gets a proportional amount of Mirilax with liquids. Make a trail run to school three weeks beforehand.
LL
LittleLab4CF
Super Moderator
It is difficult to show no special concern when you are wired to be his ever present protector. Some of the best lessons I learned was how difficult it had been turning loose of me when those milestones toward independence passed. As hard as letting your little one out of your care, you must.
Most of us have to make it past raising children to fully understand all the stages of life. Even then we flounder in our own stage, but have developed some wisdom through considerable hindsight. You have a son and he only knows life with CF. Be careful not to make him sick. This is not easy with a child who still needs constant monitoring because he has CF. I don't even remember my parents monitoring my health even though it was more cumbersome than today.
As much as I empathize with being a parent of a sickly child, I worry about a child having any labels, especially one imposed by mom and dad. If anybody should be excused for developing neuroses it would be parents of CFers. Any parent of a CFer or more should have a counselor on the team. It is a task beyond the strongest person to tackle alone. Everybody you normally could vent concerns and such are under similar stress and keeping your casters on the floor is the best thing you can do for your DS.
I have encouraged other young CF to take control of CF management as soon as possible, although your DS is too young for real management the sooner DS is puffing his own inhaler, doing his pills and such, he can define CF and his protocol needs. If my parents coddled me when I was sick, it stopped by the time I was cognitive. If I wanted to stay home from school I was allowed to make that decision. When I did stay home, I was confined to bed and the only entertainment was books. Generally that was school books. Hell, I was sick everyday and still am. Most times I decided on school over a day in bed, I felt better as the day went on and it became a major tool for managing my life.
I don't know what inspired my parent's wonderful example. One thing was for sure; children of parents who don't fear death, learn to love life.
LL
Most of us have to make it past raising children to fully understand all the stages of life. Even then we flounder in our own stage, but have developed some wisdom through considerable hindsight. You have a son and he only knows life with CF. Be careful not to make him sick. This is not easy with a child who still needs constant monitoring because he has CF. I don't even remember my parents monitoring my health even though it was more cumbersome than today.
As much as I empathize with being a parent of a sickly child, I worry about a child having any labels, especially one imposed by mom and dad. If anybody should be excused for developing neuroses it would be parents of CFers. Any parent of a CFer or more should have a counselor on the team. It is a task beyond the strongest person to tackle alone. Everybody you normally could vent concerns and such are under similar stress and keeping your casters on the floor is the best thing you can do for your DS.
I have encouraged other young CF to take control of CF management as soon as possible, although your DS is too young for real management the sooner DS is puffing his own inhaler, doing his pills and such, he can define CF and his protocol needs. If my parents coddled me when I was sick, it stopped by the time I was cognitive. If I wanted to stay home from school I was allowed to make that decision. When I did stay home, I was confined to bed and the only entertainment was books. Generally that was school books. Hell, I was sick everyday and still am. Most times I decided on school over a day in bed, I felt better as the day went on and it became a major tool for managing my life.
I don't know what inspired my parent's wonderful example. One thing was for sure; children of parents who don't fear death, learn to love life.
LL
Yep, while I worry here and to myself, I don't let on to him how completely freaked out I am --- the what ifs it's an obstruction again, what if.... Because whatever happens we'll deal with it. And last summer those couple of months when he became a germaphobe was a good reminder of keeping any of those concerns to myself. Especially when it's beyond our control. Which is exactly why when he hurled at daycare, I downplayed it and said he's not sick. If he pukes at school, he'll get sent home, then we'll do homework. And his meetings with his teacher and staff at the beginning of the year are pretty much "He has CF, needs enzymes, bathroom breaks when he requests them, needs to maintain distance from the other cf kid (no licking each other)" And then we reiterate he's a NORMAL child, no restrictions in terms of diet, p.e., recess. He's gone to daycare since he was 3 months old and is outside most of the day, every day. Other than treatments & meds, his life is pretty typical for a kid his age. I do see with the 2nd grader at his school, whose parents kept him home until kindergarten, had strict limitations on activities, being outside and made a big deal about his CF there are severe emotional issues. The poor kid struggles with being different and the other students think he's weird.
LittleLab4CF
Super Moderator
Whew! I was thinking about a broader audience when I was voicing concern over the impact of CF in raising children. Glad to hear this day went fine, just fifteen thousand to go. Which is the other part of my concern. CF is a battle fought by inches that could go for miles.
Just raising average children leaves older parents completely spent. This spring our families gathered for my nephew's college graduation. We all shared a "cabin" up the mountain from the university, which was interesting. All of us are between 60 and 66 and we all have had professional carreers. The nieces and nephews have all done well, sort of like an annoying Christmas letter, we have professors to neonatal nurses as the group of parents. Seeing my inlaws so emotionally fragile and physically worn I began to contemplate the seminal events in their lives. Turns out their model kids and model lives took some hits along the way. My sister in law's daughter began to show signs of lupus in high school and one of my bother in law's kids inherited bipolar II from a grandparent.
Even if these problems, and a few more weren't part of the picture, the normal worry and anxiety parents go through is accumulative and will break every one who tries to deal without a healthy outlet. Couselors aren't for everybody. Actually they are, not everybody is for counselors. I can't imagine a CF parent or patient who wouldn't benefit from periodic emotional/mental pampering and a chance to do something more productive that screaming into a pillow.
LL
Just raising average children leaves older parents completely spent. This spring our families gathered for my nephew's college graduation. We all shared a "cabin" up the mountain from the university, which was interesting. All of us are between 60 and 66 and we all have had professional carreers. The nieces and nephews have all done well, sort of like an annoying Christmas letter, we have professors to neonatal nurses as the group of parents. Seeing my inlaws so emotionally fragile and physically worn I began to contemplate the seminal events in their lives. Turns out their model kids and model lives took some hits along the way. My sister in law's daughter began to show signs of lupus in high school and one of my bother in law's kids inherited bipolar II from a grandparent.
Even if these problems, and a few more weren't part of the picture, the normal worry and anxiety parents go through is accumulative and will break every one who tries to deal without a healthy outlet. Couselors aren't for everybody. Actually they are, not everybody is for counselors. I can't imagine a CF parent or patient who wouldn't benefit from periodic emotional/mental pampering and a chance to do something more productive that screaming into a pillow.
LL