Yesterday Mike and I had to take Alex to St. Joseph hospital in Ann Arbor. For those that don't know.. Alex was born with an enlarged kidney and they have been monitoring it. Yesterday he had an appointment for another ultrasound which still showed his kidney much larger than the other. They then put a cathedar in him to see if he has Vesicoureteral reflux... they shot dye in the cathedar to see where the dye goes.. sure enough.. he has VUR "reflux". This is where the urine backflows back into the ureters (the tubes connecting the kidneys and bladder). But it not only goes into the ureters.. it backflows all the way back into his kidney. There are 5 stages of this and he is an advanced stage 4 in his left kidney and a stage 1 in his right kidney (stage one doesn't reach the kidney but it does backflow in the ureters). The nurse said to us that she was glad we were getting this done now and not a month from now. If Alex were to ever get a UTI (urinary tract infection).. that infection could backup into his kidney and that could eventually cause kidney damage. So... what is next is that we are going to be seeing a pediactric uriologist at Uof M to see where we go from here... Alex will most likely be put on antibiotics to prevent any UTI's from happening.
So.. that is where we are right now... I felt SO horrible for Alex.. that was not a fun appointment.. but we got through it and we are glad we went. We just ask now for your prayers that the upcoming appointments go okay and that hopefully this reflux can be easily corrected.
Also prayers for both babies as we are dealing with some colds.. stuffy noses and restless sleep!!
