Kayley's VCUG

We went to the hospital this morning around 9:30, and the procedure started around 10. The first thing they did was take an x-ray of her bladder and kidney. Then came the hard part. They had to catheterize her (which made her scream), push liquids into her bladder, and let her urinate. They had to do it twice, and we had to hold her down the whole time. It was horrible, not only for her, who had to go through it, but for us too. It was so hard to see her in pain and uncomfortable.

Anyways, The preliminary results showed that she does have a pretty severe reflux going on there, about a stage 4 or 5 (the tech said that he'd seen much worse in his career). Now, where we go from here, we don't know. I'm going to call the pediatrician tomorrow, she should have the results, we'll go over them, and then we'll be sent to a pediatric urologist from there.

The tech did say that some kids grow out of this problem, but in severe cases, she may need surgery to correct the problem. So we'll see. We don't even know exactly all the details right now. But as soon as we know anything, I'll post.

As soon as we were finished the appointment and Kayley (and we) calmed down enough, we brought her to Toys 'R Us (because she totally deserved it), and got some lunch. Now, we're sitting in the living room (Kayley's snuggled up with her Dada with her new Sleeping Beauty Bear) watching Sleeping Beauty. I'm just glad this test is over with, although it probably won't be the last time. Next time though, they said they can sedate her. This was way too much for her to take.

I'll let you know where we go from here...

~Jess