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

[lopezuna.livejournal.com]

That's great news! I'm so happy for you! And it's particularly nice that they didn't have to do the VCUG.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

YES. Thank you. We had been told the follow up was going to be the VCUG, but our pediatrician said that since his last ultrasound showed only a normal abnormality (ha!) we could just do another u/s and then go from there. I will be thanking her a lot at the next appointment!