a few answers, maybe

when i last posted, lacee and i were waiting in the van.
my laptop battery that is supposed to last 6 hours made a whole 1.5 hrs.
2 hours after leaving my second message for a nurse at the ped gi office, we still had not received a phone call. lacee and i enjoyed a wonderful lunch at a little french coffee shop on 21st.
then we headed to the ped gi's office. by this time, my cell battery was also dead, and i had forwarded all my calls to lacee's cell.
"do you have an appt?" asked the receptionist.
"no ma'am" i replied.
"would you like to schedule one?"
"no, i would like to see the doc now."
i politely explained our situation to her, and she went and got a nurse. the nurse came out to the waiting room and i told her the details of our last 3 weeks with lacee's tummy. she is very kind and concerned with the situation. she went back to her station, and came back to us after a little while. there was only one doc working that afternoon, and he was in procedure. there was a physicians assistant seeing patients, but they cant see patients they have never seen before with out a doc there.
i asked her if she thought i should take lacee back to the e.r. i mean, the discharge instructions said in black and white to bring her back if she is having abdominal pain, or if she is not completely 100% better. well hello?! and since in the medical world, being politically correct and not going against the system carry more weight than giving honest advice to a patient, the nurse could not come right out and say, "yes, take her back", she had to hum-haw around, give a little grin here and a nod there, to indicate what she thought i should do.
so back to the e.r. we go. i tell them she is no better, we cant get into the doc, and we are back to get some help and some answers.
lacee's cell battery died too, so all calls were then forwarded to mark, causing lots of confusion.
they were very kind, as has always been our experience there. i do think they were frustrated at me bringing her back 6 hours after being discharged. but, i am to the point i dont really care. i have to stand up for my kids. all parents do. no one else will.
it took a lot of waiting and waiting and waiting (i honestly began to think at one point when no one came in our room for over an hour and a half that they were just stalling me, hoping that i wouldnt wait and just walk out). but finally, they got a ped gastro in there to see us.
he said she was severely constipated. (all along at sav and by the reg peds we had been told slightly-this is why you need a specialist in whatever situation you are dealing with-they know so much more). if we cannot get this fixed at home she will be admitted. we have an appt scheduled on apr 14 with our ped gastro we have seen before to schedule more tests, including a scope. he said he was not sure if this constipation is what has caused the start of this ordeal, it will be 4 weeks monday, or just the newest problem. clearing it up though is of course nessecary but will also make it easier to see what else may be going on in there.
we left the e.r. about 9pm.
made it home at about 1:30 am, after stopping for supper (poor lacee had not eaten from 11am until 9:45pm), and picking the boys up from chrissys.
the first round of meds worked well for her. the second round has not had an effect.
she says her pain is a little better though.