Ugh....nasty subject, I know, but just looking for ideas. About a month ago (I think.....sometime anyway) my 9 y/o got a nasty virus, dehydrated, and his bowels shut down. Scary stuff. We got him back going to the restroom and thought all was well. Friday his tummy was hurting. Went to bed, woke up vomiting. By morning he couldn't stand straight and was is excruciating pain. Rush to ER and it turns out he is impacted again but his bowels are functioning. He got a suppository, lactulose (a high powered prescription laxative) and he is supposed to start taking a stool softener every night at bedtime (took the first one last night). He STILL has not gone hardly any. I gave him some Karo syrup in water today (I figured since they give it to babies it should be safe enough) and I am looking for some other ideas. I will be taking him back to the doctor in the morning but really want this child to go TODAY!!! He is really starting to scare me. One thing that freaked me out a bit. My ex husband, his bio donor, is a carrier for cystic fibrosis. The ER doc told me he could also be a carrier (which I knew) but that just being a carrier could cause lifelong digestive issues. *sigh*