Question: my 19 yo severely handicapped son has been having a lot of issues this past year with chronic and acute constipation. In the last 10 daysVS his stools began showing a lot of mucus with little solids. He has a G-tube (with Nissen) and is usually fed Fibersource HN. Beginning Friday at noon he received only Pedialyte with added sugar (for calories). Saturday evening he had the only BM since Friday - it showed less mucus and more substance. There were no stools after then until this morning about 3 hours after we began feeding him 1/2 Pedialyte and 1/2 formula. This first stool had a consistency of cottage cheese. His only GI doc (who cannot see him now because they don't contract with his insurance) placed him (a month ago) on Linzess 290 qd; Miralax 17g bid, VSL#3 probiotic qd with a cup of senna tea qod. We are currently searching for a new GI doc. Meanwhile we continue to try and treat symptoms. Any thoughts

I doubt that it's amoebic since he's totally NPO however I agree that it could be an infection except that he just finished a course of Keflex (10 days), although this is perhaps not specific for what's going on. In addition to the 900 ml of pedialyte a day he's been getting an additional 500 free water. Of course the free water he gets comes from our well and/or treated city water, wherever we happen to be. Have to find a doc who will order the stool sample. We live in a small town with no docs who have the faintest idea how to treat a person so medically involved. Our nearest specialists and his PCP are 80+ miles away. Will keep on. Thank you.