As always, this week was filled with more excitement than necessary. Be warned that this post might be a little TMI.

On Tuesday, Ellie started vomiting randomly. We, and the Ped, determined the cause to be from an extreme back up in her system. Because she couldn't keep much food down, we gave her some Pedialyte in a syringe. Tuesday night we tried a suppository to get her some relief but got nothing. Wednesday was an okay day with only one bottle refusal. We tried another suppository- nothing. We considered taking her to Urgent Care but knowing that they don't know our story and it's way, way, way too long to tell them, we opted to not. Josh got her up this morning to feed her and as he put her on the changing table to change her diaper she vomited again, even though she hadn't eaten in 12.5 hours. This time it was pinkish brown. Needless to say we hurried and got our showers, LeAnn came to stay with Emme, and we rushed her to the Ped. Our overly amazing Ped gave her a rectal exam (no thanks!). She could feel a lot of stool in there and El was pushing had to get it out. Still nothing. *sigh* So we head to Children's Mercy South to get a tummy x-ray to make sure there are no bowel obstructions. Once we leave there with an okay, we were told to give her an enema. Talk about nasty. The box says it works in 1-5 minutes. It took Ellie 40 minutes to go. When she did finally go after straining and straining and screaming, it was just colored water. I call Dr. M as I was supposed to and let her know what's going on. She says to try another suppository tonight and an enema in the morning and call her afterwards. This poor girl! It's terrifying how much she's had inserted into her rear! :( It makes me so, so sad to see her in pain. I burst into tears at the office this morning because of all this. It's just been SEVEN months of trying to get her to poop...on her own. It's pretty upsetting to say the least. Our Ped is calling one of her friends from Children's who we have an appointment with on 2-2 to get his advice (he's a motility disorders specialist). This is getting old and my sweet baby needs help now. I don't need a new list of drugs or new things to try. Obviously what we're doing isn't working. There are more serious problems going on.

Please pray that God provides accordingly to pay these bills. I know He will, as He always does, but it can still be scary!

I think Emme is having a great day with her Nana. She really enjoys spending time with her. I'm so thankful for the special bond they seem to have. I can't wait to get her and snuggle her tight! She's just too darn cute.