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Fred4
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Date Posted: 12:37:31 07/02/09 Thu
In reply to:
Fred4
's message, "Effects: recognizing, accepting reactions, and addressing" on 16:43:32 06/22/09 Mon
I am not sure if "Original Jeff" is pulling one's leg, but the idea of 1 gallon of Golytely inserted in a kid's stomach via nasal tube sounds like sure abuse. For an adult preparing for a colonoscopy, a gallon of Golytely drunk over a few hours is not painful but tiring. For a child to get that same amount administered by a nasal tube sounds horrible. I am not a medical person, but if I had a child that was withholding and a doctor prescribed that, I'd get 2 or 3 second opinions before trying anything like that.
I think the valid approach is that if a child is a withholder, first and foremost see if the psychological reason is addressable without any thing done physically. Then if an answer is still required, talk to several pediatricians until finding the way likely least upsetting to a child. The above certainly sounds far from it.
In an entirely different area (except if the above were done), I think it is right for an adult to feel anger at the person who gave inappropriate enemas when they were a kid. Whether expressing that anger or not is a matter of judgment, but it is never the receiver's fault, even though the receiver gets the psychological after-effects.
In that line, I get very annoyed, but do not express it because there are too many, who go to this site and report on how to handle, or the fact of, children struggling with enemas in the first place. Were they necessary? Probably not. What adverse would have happened if they weren't administered? Probably nothing. What happens if they were administered wrong or too frequently? A lot of psychological damage that is not easily undone.
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