The doctor visit in Twin went well yesterday! We started with an xray and BrynLee was already cleaned out, so that was good news! From what we can tell as of now there is no neurological damage or tethering of the spinal cord! More good news! This doesn't rule out that there may be nerve damage to the bladder/colon area, but that will only come with time! BrynLee also got her 2 month shots while w...e were there and only a few months late! Hopefully she continues to feel better and we'll get her caught up in no time!
There was just a tiny bit of bad news.. She has moderate to severe hydronephrosis (swelling of the kidneys), which we already knew, but don't know at this moment if it's still the same, or if it's gotten worse. When Dr. Wallis (her urologist) gets the scans we'll know alot more than we do now! Also, the radiologist found a gallstone! We're really not sure what to do about this right now because it's so uncommon for a small baby to get gallstones, so Dr. Wallis is going to pass this information along to a different surgeon at Primary's and see what they think!
Dr. Wallis also wants to do a procedure where they fill her bladder with a dye and see where the urine goes. It will tell us how bad her vesicoureteral reflux is and see if she ever empties her bladder! Depending on the results we may be going out to Boston a little sooner than expected because if her reflux is severe we'll want to get it fixed as soon as possible! If she's not emptying her bladder we'll have to start cathing her 4 times a day to make sure she's getting empty! This will help minimize infections because she won't have urine sitting in her bladder for days and it will also help with the hydronephrosis because there will be less pressure on her kidneys!
Cathing sure doesn't sound fun, but we will do absolutely anything we have to if it will make BrynLee feel better! ♥
P.S. BrynLee rolled over for the first time yesterday!! :)
There was just a tiny bit of bad news.. She has moderate to severe hydronephrosis (swelling of the kidneys), which we already knew, but don't know at this moment if it's still the same, or if it's gotten worse. When Dr. Wallis (her urologist) gets the scans we'll know alot more than we do now! Also, the radiologist found a gallstone! We're really not sure what to do about this right now because it's so uncommon for a small baby to get gallstones, so Dr. Wallis is going to pass this information along to a different surgeon at Primary's and see what they think!
Dr. Wallis also wants to do a procedure where they fill her bladder with a dye and see where the urine goes. It will tell us how bad her vesicoureteral reflux is and see if she ever empties her bladder! Depending on the results we may be going out to Boston a little sooner than expected because if her reflux is severe we'll want to get it fixed as soon as possible! If she's not emptying her bladder we'll have to start cathing her 4 times a day to make sure she's getting empty! This will help minimize infections because she won't have urine sitting in her bladder for days and it will also help with the hydronephrosis because there will be less pressure on her kidneys!
Cathing sure doesn't sound fun, but we will do absolutely anything we have to if it will make BrynLee feel better! ♥
P.S. BrynLee rolled over for the first time yesterday!! :)
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