I sent Baby C’s pee to the hospital for another urine FEME and C&S test today. It’s the second urine test done in a week. The urine test has to be carried out this time to see if the bacteria is still in her urine, after being treated with a new oral antibiotics (Bactrim) for twice a day for 6 days. It took me almost 45 minutes to collect her pee today. I managed to stop her from struggling with an empty vitamin bottle. Baby C found the empty vitamin bottle amusing and thought it was her new teething ring!
For more than half an hour, her pee just dribbled out drop by drop. According to our nephrologist, babies with kidney reflux tend to have this dribbling issue. When my maid walked away to answer the telephone, she gave me a pee fountain instantly! Luckily I managed to quickly place the specimen bottle at the right position and collected quite an amount of pee, though my hands and the floor were all wet with her pee. Boy was I glad to see soooo much pee in the bottle!
Anyway, the WBCs in her pee this time dropped from above 20 to only 3-6. RBCs and protein showed a negative reading. The sensitivity report last week showed that the E. Coli bacteria is resistant to Bactrim (which is the new antibiotics that she’s taking orally now) but I am glad that though it’s resistant, her body managed to fight off the bacteria. I hope Baby C’s immune system will grow stronger each day to fight off all the bacteria, without getting another UTI attack.
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Super good news there!! looks like the new antibiotic is working! HOORAY!