Ever feel like this guy?  I have and quite often lately.  After developing The Poopinator I was sure Matt’s problems were over…and for a while they were.  Slowly it stopped working.  Before I knew it, Matt was back on Miralax and then some.  Each additional medication and technique would work for a while then stop working.  At one point I told his GI doctor in exasperation, “I feel like I am doing CPR on his colon all day long!”  The terms appendicostomy and colostomy began to circulate and I became worried.  How could this be?  He’s super hydrated and has the cleanest most fiber filled diet of anyone I know. What am I doing wrong?  Answer:  Absolutely nothing.  Even the best blenderized diet can’t fix a mechanical problem.

Eventually he ended up back in the hospital for yet another clean out. I needed answers to questions that sometimes even doctors can’t answer.  My thoughts became filled with “What ifs?”. Further tests were done that showed he did not have a specific area that had stopped working but that he was slow over all.  So we left the hospital cleaned out and back to square 1.  If the current regimen fails then we will have to carefully consider what is best for Matt. Even though the test didn’t show something that was an easy fix,  I still feel better.  Knowing is way better than not knowing.  Now we can move forward to whatever the future holds for him.  And always, I pray and hope.  God had a plan for Matt’s life when He placed him in our family (Jeremiah 29:11).  My job is to make that life the filled with as much quality as I can.

So, since quitting is not an option, I will blend on while listening to my new anthem “The Comeback” by Danny Gokey.  Feeling defeated today?  Click, listen and be revived.