Picolax poo, ewwwww!!!

So, the day has arrived when Ivy is no longer allowed to eat food. She can only drink clear fluids and she must also have her two doses of Picolax.

Ok, I can hear you all asking what Picolax is.

It is a mixture that one downs for… faecal evacuation, to cleanse the colon, to make sure there is not an ounce of poo left in the poor kid, so the good doctor’s scope doesn’t get browned.

Get the picture?

Good.

Now, imagine, if you will, a girl who has the most chronic, grossest diarrhoea known to man and then add Picolax.

Can anyone say bowel explosion? That is what comes to mind.

When I read that Picolax was on the menu I cringed, literally. If you google Picolax you will get, among other things, horror stories of adults who could have won Olympic sprinting, with the speed they needed to find a toilet, post ingestion.

When I worked on the medical wards… well, let’s not go there. I didn’t last very long because Picolax was a common ‘refreshment’ on the ward menu. Enough said, really.

So in summary;

clear fluids only,

Picolax x2 over six hours

Nil by mouth from midnight.

Prednisone (don’t forget the prednisone munchies)

Already has the worst diahrroea.

Does anyone think today is going to be a happy day?

Just in case you were wondering, here is a picture of what Ivy did to her Picolax instructions, right after I told her she couldn’t have a ‘nilla shakey.

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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Tiff
Filed under: Health, illness, I hate prednisone club, colonoscopy, doctor related posts, endoscopy, gross, ugh!, worry

10 Responses to “Picolax poo, ewwwww!!!”

Maria (25 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am Said:

Ugh, I’m so very sorry that she has to suffer through all of this.
Kelley (93 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 12:36 pm Said:

Go to your happy place…..

Lets pretend it is next week. Next week is going to be fantastic.

Hugs babe.
Mum, on February 6th, 2008 at 12:50 pm Said:

She’s just getting rid of all the shit on the liver as well! I can understand that!
Trish (181 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm Said:

this too will pass … no pun intended -
hope you got the huggies out and not the clothies !
Poor Ivy , poor Tiff.
Trish (181 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm Said:

{{{Hugs}}}
Trish (181 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pm Said:

we used ‘go lightly’ where I worked and if there was ever a name wrongly given …
river, on February 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm Said:

Sad that a two year old has to go through this on top of every thing else and not even a ‘nilla shakey to take the taste away. You’d think with all the diarrhoea she’d be empty enough already.
frogpondsrock (99 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pm Said:

poor baby…You are in for a rough night…

on the top of that sheet it says adults and children over 9 years of age.. does Ivy take a smaller dose?

poor little pet..

(((hugs))) kim xxx
Veronica (293 comments.), on February 6th, 2008 at 9:06 pm Said:

Fun times. FUN fun times.
childlife (38 comments.), on February 7th, 2008 at 6:51 pm Said:

Ohhhhh…. I think I’m with Ivy on this one! I like her take on the instructions!

(Poor little kiddo! And poor Mommy on diaper duty!)