Getting kicked while she's down!

My poor little Mattie. Her week isn't starting out the greatest. First, she had her OT appointment, which really was good. The therapist said she didn't see a delay, and saw that she was advanced in a couple spots. She said it may be from all the one on one time we have been giving her with her exercises from PT. So that was good. Then we had to go to the doctors (which can I tell you, this lady is a Saint) because Mattie has been in a lot of pain lately. Not to get too graphic, but when she goes to have a BM, she ends up in tears and screaming in pain. Almost like someone has dropped her on the floor, and I am not exaggerating when I say that either. She will cry so hard she is out of breath. We tried to adjust her diet, to give her juice that would soften her bowls and still nothing worked. She also has this really bad rash all of a sudden, which looked like a bad diaper rash but really raw, almost like little blisters. So we went and saw Rita, and she talked with us for like 15 minutes, going over her diet, and what her symptoms were, and our concerns. The moment she took off her diaper, she knew what the problem was with the rash. That was a yeast infection rash, which she could only think of it coming from the antibiotic she was on for her ear like a month ago (you are right Lisa, they are such a pain, I am going to try to get into some homeopathic remedies). And as far as her in such pain having a BM...the poor little bugger... she has a tear in her rectum. She showed it to us, and I got that instant "I am a bad mom" feeling. She said that I wouldn't have ever saw it unless we really were using magnifiers on her, and that she is under a lot of pain whenever she has to go, or has to sit in poo. OMG... my poor little Mattie. So she gave us instructions, and heaven help us that Mattie loves prunes because we are under instructions to soften up her bowels. No wonder why she is so cranky. And to make matters worse, her gums are swollen, and Rita thinks we will have a tooth by the end of the week. We were beginning to think that Mattie didn't have teeth under those drooling gums. So Mattie has had a painful day, but hopefully with a lot of TLC, and a couple of days, she will be as good as new. Talk about being kicked while you are down!