ellie went to the hospital today to get her kidneys checked out. she recently had a urinary tract infection. it raised a red flag because 1.) UTI's are not common in children. and UTI's in children are sometimes a marker for possibly urinary abnormalities. and 2.) addison was born with a reflux in one of her kidneys. and this reflux is common among siblings. so per pediatrician's recommendation and for these obvious reasons, we scheduled an ultrasound and VCUG to be done for her. i'm not sure why we didn't check this earlier. but it is definitely something we needed to get checked out. now, from going through all this before with addison, i knew this was not going to be fun... especially the VCUG part. a VCUG is an x-ray test where they fill your bladder up with a liquid via a catheter and see if the bladder and urethra are emptying out correctly. i have very vivid memories of addison being strapped to a table with the catheter and screaming. it was horrible not only for her, but also for me! but more importantly aside from not liking the actual procedure, i was nervous that ellie would also have the reflux and we would have to give her daily doses of an antibiotic until she grows out of this.
anyway, i took ellie this morning. we did the ultrasound first. that was the easy part... no pain there. and then we had to wait in the waiting room for a while for the VCUG. finally, they called us in. it actually wasn't as bad as with addison... could be because i knew what to expect... but they also didn't strap her down so it wasn't as traumatizing i feel like. she cried... a lot... but she did great... she didn't kick which some kids do. and unofficially, per the technician, it looks as though she does NOT have a reflux. we still have to get the news of the ultrasound. but i think she may be okay.
here are some pictures i took of her today while we were waiting... she looked so darn cute in that hospital gown. (though i hope that we don't have to wear this again for any reason!)
what a sunny little face :)
rear view. :) on a random side note, unfortunately for ellie she has inherited her mommy's flat butt. sorry, girl... ;)
found a cool truck to sit in
peek-a-.....
...boo!
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