Piper's Poo

The other day, as I walked back through the door after dropping off some of the kids, the first thing Mike said to me was, "You need to check out what's in the toilet." Now, as much as I love surprises, I wasn't excited. First I told him no, because I thought he was being a disgusting dork, but he insisted I look. I eventually went in to the bathroom and lifted the lid on the commode. Yea, poop and blood, that's always nice. Mike gave me the rundown, it was Piper - my 6 year old, she's embarrassed and hiding under the desk. I look a little more in the toilet (I love being a mom), get a stick, push it around until I'm satisfied it's not just because it was a big poo. Nope, normal size and need more info. I sit in my office chair without looking down and tell my little girl it's not a big deal, come on out and let's talk about it. After several questions she tells me she fell off the monkey bars onto her back the night before but nothing hurts now. We call her pediatrician's office (it's Sunday) and speak with the doctor on call who refers us the the after hours clinic; they tell us no, you are ER bound. Been there, done that, no big deal. Mike takes her down while I head to work. I am NOT a horrible mom, Mike's a great Dad and I need to give him some trust and allow him to take the lead on this one. I also know he has his cell phone with instructions to call me with every update and keep me on the phone when the doctor is speaking. They have her pee in a cup and leave her in a room for eternity. When the doctor comes in, Mike dutifully calls and I listen to the doctor explain that, yes, it is in fact blood in her urine but it's quite normal and no cause for concern. I calmly tell Mike to let him know that we didn't even know about blood in urine, only about the blood in her poop. Doctor's a little surprised and, unfortunately for my little girl, has to verify this claim for himself - manually. She's a trooper and doesn't scream, bite, kick or kill while he does what he needs to do to achieve a sample. Sure enough, blood coming out of both places. They run several tests but have no idea so they send them home with instructions to see her doctor in the morning. By this time we have added a year on to her future therapy bill. The next day her pediatrician took another urine sample and still saw blood plus white cells. She thinks it's a UTI and prescribes antibiotics with instructions to bring back a sample of the other stuff. Piper's quite controlled through this visit, I am very impressed with my baby. We head home and let her know the next time she has to use the bathroom she has to let us know so we can get a sample. Standing stoically in the parking lot, my angel snapped. "No more! I am NEVER going POOPY A-G-A-I-N! AND NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH MY BUTT." The people behind us were quite confused.
Fortunately, she eats lots of fiber and we get what we need. Still shows blood BUT the culture came back on the urine and she doesn't have an infection. Now it's getting weird. We are seeing a specialist and running lots of tests but, a week later, no answers yet. She feels fine, doesn't have any pain and now sneaks away quietly to use the bathroom so no one will follow. Hopefully getting more test results back next week so they can tell us it's nothing.