To Call or Not to Call

This has been the question weighing on my mind overnight. The Day Clinic is open 9-5 Monday through Friday. Over the weekend we can call and have the Pediatric-Oncologist/Hematologist-On-Call paged for emergencies. They stressed two things before we went home on Thursday night. If you are debating about whether to call or not, call. However, they also said, only page the On Call doctors for true emergencies. So, was my question a "true emergency"? Hmm.
The background is this. What got us to the doctor in the first place was Manda struggling with diarrhea and horrible diaper rash. The rash has cleared up thanks to some FABULOUS stuff they provided at the hospital. 49% petroleum and 15% zinc. Worked miracles! Anyway, the diarrhea continued throughout her hospital stay and they believed that as the chemo kicked in and started working on the tumor she would even out and the problem would go away. Some of the drugs she is getting actually have a constipating effect so things could all balance out. They did stress however that she MUST have at least ONE dirty diaper every day. She has been averaging four per day so this did not concern me, until yesterday. She did not have a dirty diaper yesterday. I remembered the oncologist saying we could get her a stool softener to help her out if this became an issue, but that leads to the original question. Is this an emergency for which I should page the doctor on call? Do I interrupt the guy's holiday weekend to ask about poop? It just didn't seem right.
Luckily, things worked themselves out on their own, uh, so to speak. She had a dirty diaper today which seemed quite uncomfortable to produce. It did however take the pressure off of me (and her too I am sure). We will be in the Clinic tomorrow morning and I can ask then about the stool softener for the next time and I do not have to call with the poop emergency question. Had she waited any longer in the day I would have called, but now I think we can wait.
Now if only we can get her to eat some more solid foods, that might help too. She drinks her milk just fine but hasn't wanted her juice or water. She picks at her food and has little bits at a time. They said this could be a sign of nausea or even her tastes changing due to the chemo. They said not to force her to eat, but let her eat what she wants when she wants it. Nothing more fun than putting the 2-year-old in charge!