Medical update

[theatokos]

It is as I suspected: Bennett's UTI was just a fluke. He caught it in the NICU. No valve issues at all. I want to scrunch up my face and be all cynical about this. Be all "hospitals are for sick people! See! This is why I wanted to birth in a birthing center!" But you know.... better a fluke than a valve issue.

B had a follow up ultrasound this morning that showed his kidneys and bladder in perfect working condition. No need for a far more invasive VCUG test (in which dye is inserted up through the penis to watch his urine flow) and we can stop giving him the antibiotics. Yay!

Comments

[thekitchenvixen.livejournal.com]

Didn't know it was that serious :/
I don't know how you deal with all the medical stuff you've all gone through! I could never handle it. I hate even going to a well baby checkup! Putting a sad little newborn on a hard cold scale makes me wanna cry!!

BTW, your diaper is on its way today!

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Thankfully the ultrasound isn't invasive at all. The technician this morning was great too. I am SO grateful we didn't have to get a VCUG. They have to strap the babies down for that one. :( I guess 50% of newborn/premie UTIs are due to valve malfunction (or aren't fully developed yet). Since the first ultrasound showed everything was fine I knew this would be fine too. But.... we had to be sure.