my 9 year old has been doing a disimpaction since 6th Aug. We got to watery poo for 24 hours on Wed/Thurs - we’ve had lots of type 6 before this…... The next day the poo was type 6 - still on 12 sachets. Plenty of water - 1.6l daily. 7 portions of fruit and veg - religiously.
Today 12 sachets still, the poo is type 6 and now has a greenish tinge. Bits of food can be seen at times.
Is she clear? Is the dose too high? We don’t understand what is happening or what to do next. Staying on 12 but we’re hoping to be down to a maintenance dose by 6th sept when she goes back to school.
Feeling like I’m failing her right now and currently sat in tent on holiday having a quiet cry.
Feeling helpless. Looking for any advice from experienced mums/dads.
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If its been a few days of watery stools with no lumps, then you can start reducing the doses down extremely slowly ie one dose every few days until you reach a suitable maintenance dose to remain on.
Dear Natster90 , we understand that it can be really difficult to know exactly where you are in the disimpaction process. Our Continence Nurse recorded a Podcast to help explain this process in more detail eric.org.uk/podcast/episode...
You only need to see rusty water with bits (undigested food) in on 2 occasions to know that the blockage is cleared. You can then drop down to a maintenance dose. If you child was on the highest dose for a disimpaction then they need to be on the highest maintenance dose. See our guide: eric.org.uk/childrens-bowel...
It will take the bowel a couple of weeks to settle down after disimpaction, so stay on that level of maintenance dose for a while and then you can gradually try tweaking it to find the dose that allows your child to do a daily type 4/5 poo (on our poo checker)
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