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

[said-by-me.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!

[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]

Oh my goodness, I think we're all of a sudden down to 30%!!

[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.

[inkprincess.livejournal.com]

excellent news!

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Yay for a healthy baby! And yay for no more antibiotics.

Hey, on another topic entirely, I just realized it's time to register for PantheaCon. Are you and Adam for sure going?

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Yes! And so is Bennett! We already called about hotel rooms. Do you want to share a room with us?

[erinya.livejournal.com]

If possible, that would be awesome!

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Sweet! It's completely possible.

(That icon is gorgeous)

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Woot! I am so looking forward to it.

(Isn't it? It's like my happy place. When I am having a bad day, I picture myself inside that icon. Someday I will go on one of those badass sailing adventures.)

[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!