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Today was a hard day

RanchersWife
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She cried. I cried. Magnesium citrate worked but it was hard.

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  • M1
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    OOh I can only imagine. That is very harsh stuff. Will she drink Miralax? Its easier than mag citrate for sure if you can get her to take a daily dose.

    Sorry for your bad day.

  • abc123
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    I’m so sorry for both of you!
  • RanchersWife
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    M1,

    The miralax wasn’t working. We might have started it too late. We will continue to give miralax and see if it works better now. 

  • M1
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    Yeah you have to be really persistent with it.  We have those difficulties here too, if I forget to remind her it's very easy to get off, but if she takes it every day we do much better. Prunes too.
  • harshedbuzz
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    Miralax daily saved us a lot of issues in this department.
  • mommyandme (m&m)
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    Miralax is a staple here too.  She takes it in her water with her evening pills daily.

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