Thursday, January 29, 2009

Kidneys: The Update

We took the boy in for his unpleasant procedure this morning. All in all, I would say he did great considering they shoved a catheter up his nether-regions and left it there to watch him pee on screen! However, there was very good news that came out of it all---no reflux! AKA, the pee is not going back in, just going out like it's supposed to.

So now we're on an every-six-month ultra-sound and check-up schedule. Hey, we'll take it. It also means we won't have to give him antibiotics everyday to ward off possible UTIs that come with reflux--not a prospect we were exactly looking forward to. We don't even use antibacterial soap!!! 

Anyway, it's all a non-issue (for now) and hopefully in six months it will disappear completely. Honestly, we didn't think it was reflux because this beastly child pees SO MUCH, that to think any way going back in would mean that there wouldn't be a diaper available to hold all that liquid!

So, pee away, little Theo, pee away! 

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

So pleased little Theo has the all clear for now and has been proven not to be peeing backwards!

Melissa said...

That's great news!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the pee. Well, actually the fineness of the kidneys, but still... congratulations.

Oddly, I've just commented on one blog about poo and another about pee. Yikes. That's the mom/ttc blogosphere!

beans said...

Good news!! and OUCH on the catheter up the nether regions . . .sheesh. hope he doesn't remember that!

Lo said...

Yeah for frontward pee!!!!

Laura said...

Excellent pee pee news.

Anonymous said...

Excellent. Thank goodness.