Saturday, January 11, 2014

First update of 2014.. #42

Can't believe we are already into 2014. Time just seems to fly right by us. In my previous post I had talked about some issues we were having with our surgeon wanting things to be moving along faster on the poop front. After our last appointment (December) we decided to consult again with the nutritional practitioner we had taken Isaac to earlier last month. She told us to increase his dosage on the supplements she put him on and instead of using senna medication to use smooth move tea. Which is senna but in the natural leaf form. We did that for a little under a month.

Yesterday (9th) we had our recheck with the surgeon and another xray. And the xray was excellent this time. He had no stool on the left side of his colon. It was completely empty. He did have some stool in the ascending/transverse (right side) colon but like I said none in the descending or sigmoid (left side) colon. Which is never a big deal (stool on the right), just means things are moving on down. So needless to say our regimen is working. We are continuing 3 oz of smooth move tea every other day along with his daily supplements his NP (nutritional practitioner) prescribed. I found that doing the tea everyday is too much for him. Every other day seems to be the key. Our surgeon wants us to continue this for another month.. We have a recheck in February.

One less stresser for us. I am so pleased with the results we are seeing. We will see our NP probably this month for our second appt. She has been a great asset to Isaac's healthcare team. 2014 has started out really great for our family. I feel so blessed!!
Will keep you all updated.. :)

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