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Okay.

I’ve just spoken to the paed.
On Wednesday he phoned David and among other things, told him that Ivy’s colonoscopy showed a thing called melanosis coli.
Now, before you go and google that, you should know, that everything that comes up talks about laxative abuse.
Yep. Laxative abuse.
As you can imagine, for the last couple of days, all hell […]


It’s good news… and bad.

The good news?
They didn’t find anything.
The bad news?
They didn’t find anything.


Yep, I could be in marketing…

Other names for a Picolax type product;
“Rectovac”.
“Doodoo Deluge”.
“Heavy Sh*t” (as opposed to Trish’s Go Lightly).
“Fire In The Hull”!
“Ring of Fire”.
“Alimentary, my dear doctor”!
“Colonic Draino”.
I know. I need to get a life.


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 […]


Tuesday tension.

Is it Tuesday already?
It can’t be.
I’m not ready for tomorrow or Thursday.
I don’t think Ivy will ever be ready…
The paperwork for the procedure came yesterday. No cover letter, nothing so friendly. Just three pieces of paper, the first being the doctors fee.
By the time I had finished reading just that alone, I felt like I […]