Poop!

The discussion of poop has been quite common in our household these days. It is a well known fact that children with autism have some major G.I. issues. There has been some scientific studies which prove this. We have dealt with loose bowels most of Aidan's first two years of life, and then we finally got his gut back on track. Out of the blue these last two weeks he has been severely constipated. This is absolutely no fun for any of us, especially him. We have tried, prunes, apple juice, laxatives, etc. We even had to give him several enemas which were incredibly traumatic for him. He had the shakes and sweats, when he was trying to push it out, as well as screaming out in pain. It was incredibly difficult to watch him go through this and to be honest it took away my own appetite for days. We now seem to be out of the woods thanks to depositories and Miralax. Those two combinations have really made a difference.

After these last two weeks of thinking about poop every minute of the day, I am relieved to think of a wonderful Christmas ahead and Aidan can enjoy opening his presents without out feeling like poop. No pun intended.