Is Diarrhea Ever Good?

More poop…I know.  Not apologizing.

Sunday morning is usually hustle and bustle, hop in the car, grab some iced coffee (totally addicted) if we have time and head to church.  Not yesterday.  Missy literally spent 90% of the day screaming…more about that later if I feel like re-living it enough to write about it.  Sweet Girl was out of sorts and had diarrhea all day!  In my typical analytical fashion, I set out to discover the source.  I am so not a scientist and I do not have test tubes, microscopes, ph paper, petry dishes so I have no idea why I even take the time to think about it because I know for a fact that I will never know what caused three nasty bouts of diarrhea on Sunday, July 13, 2008.  But…for some unknown reason I do it anyway and I drag hubby down with me.  Hmm…maybe it was the kidney beans we ate last night for dinner?  Or the blackberries from the farmers market?  She gets runny with blueberries…maybe she and the berry family don’t jive?  Her poor bottom.  She did not really eat anything else out of the ordinary.  I hate changing sheets and yes, I do A LOT of laundry.

Instead of just moving on, I proceed with some very accurate scientific testing.  Since blackberries were one of two suspected culprits and I did not want to let them go bad in the fridge.  They are not known for shelf life, or fridge life, or plant life…so delicate and tasty-and expensive!  With all of those factors in the back of my head, I put on my lab coat and filled her with as many blackberries as she would eat last night after dinner to see if this morning she would be runny again.  No!  Totally dry as a matter of fact!  I am once again puzzled and move on to today’s set of issues.

I must add that I allowed the thought that maybe it had something to do with the supplements…maybe too many?  I gave them all to her and then the thought crossed my mind- Maybe the diarrhea is good.  Is it getting yuck out of her sweet little body and helping her in the long run?  If so, I should do laundry with a smile.  I am going to chose to believe in the good of diarrhea.

Unfortunately, the scientific testing will continue.  I just can’t help it.