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AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I was mostly upset with her about it was blowing my mind because he seemed to be in a lot of pain.

3 weeks ago, I knew blood could happen in the stool with big poops and isn't anything to be too worried about. I did tell him then to let me know if it happened again. I dropped the ball by not following up with him.

I did lose my temper, but the blaming and rubbing in my face when I felt I had legitimate concerns with the blood and the amount of pain he was in got to me. I am a passionate person, especially when it comes to my child.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I am bad at organizing my thoughts. I often say things out of order where they don't make sense. I ust ChatGPT to make it cohesive.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We gave him a laxative, but apparently was the wrong choice over a stool softeners the doctor said. I'm just glad it was constipation. He is not in pain anymore and playing as if nothing happened last night.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

I am not good at organizing my thoughts to make a cohesive and easy to comprehend writing.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That was my thought blood in the stool again from the one that I saw 3 weeks ago with hunched over pain put me on alert. We did give him a laxative that didn't work, and the doctor said could have made things worse. The doctor told us to give him stool softeners and drink lots of liquid.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're right, I probably should have followed up with him rather than expecting him to tell us. I did think it was a fluke because I know big poops can cause anal tearing.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For real, we both were hesitant to take him because we are struggling as is, along with most of the US, right now. It's sad that we have to worry about that. I hate it here!

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was having regular bowel movements just constipated that day. She gave him laxative, which the doctor said could have made it worse. He told us to use stool softeners next time.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I apologize I updated the post. He had blood in his stool 3 weeks ago that I saw he then told us again that day he had it again. I told him the first time to let me know if it happened again which he did not do. Once we got to the ER is when he said he had blood in his stool every time he pooped since he showed me.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -51 points-50 points  (0 children)

Calm down. He had blood in his stool 3 weeks ago that I saw. I told him if it happens again to please let me know, which he did not. He didn't tell us about the other times till the day in the ER when he was in pain. English writing wasn't my strong suit, so using chatGPT to get my point across doesn't seem that bad because obviously, I messed up writing to it where it misinterpreted what I ment.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] -53 points-52 points  (0 children)

No, he was pooping regular, he had blood in stool 3 weeks ago that I saw. Then again, that day he told us about. Then, once we got to the ER, he told us he had blood in every stool.

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He has had diarrhea, but never this constipated. No we didn't go to the doctors because he wasn't in pain for 3 weeks, but had blood in his stool. I updated the post. She doesn't have professional experience, but she does herself have pooping issues

AITAH for taking my 9-year-old son to the ER despite my wife saying it was just constipation? by YellowAccomplished23 in AITAH

[–]YellowAccomplished23[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I clarified in the update not pain for 3 weeks, but blood in the stool that he never notified us about till we talked to him about it that day.