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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlhjpo wrote

My little boy had this. His refusal to eat anything with fiber was key to this problem.

And it’s not “loses control” as in everything comes out without warning, it’s a steady drip drip while he walks around carrying a rock hard tennis ball sized turd jammed up there.

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GO-KARRT t1_iwm9vm6 wrote

My daughter was like this until about a year ago. Just a little would come out at a time. We had to coach her to poop and then she’d unleash these turds the size of her lower leg once every 4-5 days. Like a toddler version of opioid abusers. All good now though, thankfully.

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vahntitrio t1_iwojs46 wrote

For those with toddlers - the probiotic gummies will really help soften a toddlers poop if they constantly are trying to push out tennis balls.

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devlear t1_iwll0vy wrote

The funnest part is going to a doctor to get a suppository to loosen it up.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwfbu wrote

Doctor does not work that way. Go buy miralax and go use that, she said. In the end it took three or four different classes of laxatives, including the suppository, which I’ve never used on myself before, let alone a child.

The suppository went in, and no more than 3 seconds later the toilet was too full to flush.

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devlear t1_iwlxhwk wrote

I mean it worked that way for me. I think the only reason the doctor was involved is because my mother thought it was appendicitis, but the doctor gave us pills that had to be used for 3 days afterwards. In my case the doctor forced me to wait 30 minutes after delivering the pills.

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Rustymarble t1_iwn5j2x wrote

Or having a hospital stay to clear out the massive impaction. They use a tube through the nose to the stomach to get the laxatives in that way, then a tube up the butt for enemas of various liquids that I can't remember anymore.

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Bromm18 t1_iwnq3wy wrote

Ever hear of the "Swamps of Dagobah"

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ryeaglin t1_iwp7ev3 wrote

Yes I have. That story is far worse then this.

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Gemmabeta t1_iwliv5r wrote

That's a pretty classic malignant bowel obstruction, and that can kill you.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlkjuh wrote

It wasn’t a bowel obstruction. It was more extremely annoying than anything.

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VLenin2291 t1_iwvrw01 wrote

Why was fiber his aversion?

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwwa3i6 wrote

Not around a whole lot of kids, are you? Some of us are saddled with picky eaters, and it’s not like juvenile picky eaters refuse to eat anything but kale and uncooked turnip greens. Whole wheat pasta in his Mac and cheese is a bridge too far with this kid, and I know he’s nowhere near as bad as some.

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Rustymarble t1_iwnqbiy wrote

My kid got to Volleyball with nerve damage! Fun times!

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backstage13 t1_iwlnf6c wrote

You must live in splender.

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Thin-Rip-3686 t1_iwlwozk wrote

Comes with being a primary caregiver. Joke’s on him though. In 30 years we’ll switch up who has to use the suppository.

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[deleted] t1_iwm7r3k wrote

My daughter does this and it’s an absolute shit show. Just laxatives every day now.

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