A Pretty "Crappy" Week

Ok, the pun it totally intended, it has literally been a crappy week! Dawson has been sick with some sort of stomach bug and for the last few days I have dealt with poop...almost nonstop. Yesterday I was changing yucky diapers almost every 2 hours and half of that time it resulted in a complete outfit change because there was poop coming out of any place it could. Fun. Dawson's poor little bum is all red and chafed because of it and he has been walking around like he has been horseback riding too long...I can't help but laugh at it and then give him a big hug. When you now ask him how his bum feels he proclaims OW! very dramatically. He has had no fever with it and no vomiting; so when I talked to the nurse at the doctors office she said keep him hydrated and on a starchy diet. She then proceeded to tell me it could last 3-10 days which means there could be another 7 days of it! He seemed better today, he only had a couple of bouts of it, but somehow the 2nd time (after a bath of course) the poop traveled clear up to his shoulder blades! Is there some mother out there who can explain to me this phenomenon? How the heck does poop seep up their backs, seriously?! Anyways, he has been a champ though and it really hasn't stopped him too much...somehow he still seems to be happy and playful and energetic. He has definitely loved laying on the couch or Mom and Dad's bed and watching as much Caillou as he wants and getting pampered and fussed over. He will climb up onto the couch, request a blanket and his puppy dog stuffed animal, then ask for his juice (which has been pedialyte) and "aillou" aka Caillou. I figured I wouldn't take any pictures to go with this post, considering again, they would be pretty crappy pictures!!! Ok ok, I am done with the venting, poop talk, and bad jokes!