7yr Granddaughter, how to handle separation anxiety with compassion and not be a martyr to it at the same time

Thank you for updating us. I hope you both can have a pleasant weekend, keeping stress to a minimum. Would a take-away be a treat? Or a favourite meal you can peopare in advance & take?
The fairy garden sounds lovely, and just the thig for a backyard.
A little walk to get somerthing for it perhaps?
And good luck with your gastroscopy

Bless her the Movicol will give her griping pains. One or half a sachet a day moving forward would probably be the dose but I’m sure the medics will advise.
A fairy garden sounds like a wonderful idea. How thoughtful.
Good luck with your tests.

Can you (together) clear a tiny patch in the garden?
You could do it together?
It only needs to be the size of a rug to feel like an achievement and would be "at home" but a step away from the normal too.

Do they have any garden furniture?
Knitting and stone painting are both nice to do outside.

I woild be tempted to try some time outside n the yard - even if it's currently a mess.
I'm sure it would lift both your moods.

The fairy garden will go down a treat I made one with my granddaughters last school hols. Like you just bits and pieces, rose coloured stones from the garden centre.They always look at it when they come, to see if the fairies have moved now their teeth are falling out 😉
Good luck with your gastroscope. Have a lovely weekend.

12 Movicol a day in 6 hours. Poor child. That is an incredible dose. DH took one a day sometimes two very rarely 3. I hope things improve for her and she’s able to settle down with a more moderate dose.

Has 7 year old any friends to come over to play with? bit of normality for her and they can make their games up.

Siope

Callistemon213 whoops! I was confused by large backyard, which is American for garden. I do know British houses have yards too

Yes, I wondered at first. Australians have back yards too, we know of someone who won a gardening competition for his beautiful acre of back yard!

Poor little thing has to take 12 movicol sachets today within a 6 hour period.

Poor little girl! Recently I had a problem after an operation and painkillers and was threatened with being re-admitted but managed to avoid it. That is a lot of laxatives and they aren't pleasant.
Will she eat dried fruit? Thst could help, prunes, pears, apricots etc. Prune juice. Also magnesium does help too, not sure if they still sell Milk of Magnesia, I took tablets but they are huge.

And plenty of water. Raspberries were good, for some reason.

Poor little mite, I’m not surprised she’s anxious at the moment. In my experience it can take quite a while to deal with these problems and you’re only there for a weekend so I would accept the way she needs to do things at the moment. Someone up thread advised asking her what to do next as you are bored which is good advice. If she feels that you understand her feelings I think the weekend may not be as bad as you expect.