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I think the sedrate level is the level of "sediment" in her blood from not evacuating completely. My daughter had a similar problem and missed 30 days of school in her 5th grade (I think it was). I took her to a specialist and it turned out she was just severly backed up! She was scared to push the painful poo out when she was constipated so she just wouldnt go. It backed up so bad he could feel it in her intestines by doing an examination of her stomach while she laid on her back. So he gave her a perscription for stool softener, told me to feed her this fiber drink (the perscription) at least twice a day and then explained to her that it was up to her to take more time in the bathroom. "Practice pushing every time even if you don't have to go or the muscles will stop working and then you'll have a more serious problem". So for some time she had to remember to take at least 15 minutes every time she went to the bathroom. To sit and push and push. IN a couple weeks she was doing much better. I mean she was crying every morning and making me so miserable because I was told my my hubby that I was being too soft on her letting her stay home every day for a stomach ache. It was a very trying time. I don't want to relive that. So now every time she has a stomach ache I ask if she's been poohing a lot lately or not. Reminding her that she needs to remember to get it all out every time. She seems to have gotten over the hurdle and only had one near repeat of this problem since.
Good news though, even though she missed all that school, her doctor's notes helped the teachers help her with her studies so she still got straight A's! She's a trooper!
At one point I was getting nasty notes from the school district telling me that if she misses any more school I'll have to take her to court or somethign like that. IT's not legal for us to keep our kids home from school so much. Geez, as if I didn't have enough to worry about. I worried about her health, her grades and my reputation as a mother. I was a wreck! My hubby didnt' know what to do. I was so relieved to find out it wasn't just a whiney manipulative girl I had, that she really did have a problem and it was fixable. Shew!
If I were you I'd ask if this may be the problem with your girl. Some kids get it some don't. My son had a problem with not wiping or waiting too long to go also. HE never wet himself but crapped his pants a lot until age 13! He's now 15 and it's rare, but diahreah sometimes sneaks up on him and he thinks it's just gas. You know that's a dangerous combination!
Hang in there!
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