We had an appointment with our pediatric nephrologist at SJMC today. I woke up early today, skipped my jogging/gym, got my 2 older gals ready for school by 8:15am and then woke baby up. I had to feed her lots of fluid so that she has enough pee for me to collect. I separated the collection of pee into 2 sessions. First time, I stuck a urine bag and managed to collect enough pee for the Urine FEME test. After giving her some mummy’s milkie and her bunch of health supplements, managed to collect just enough pee for the Urine C&S test. The second time round, I carried her and opened up her legs whilst my maid sat on the floor to collect the pee. After that, I put some ice cubes into a plastic bag that held the 2 specimen bottles of pee and off we hurried to SJMC.
The Urine FEME test showed that the WBC and RBC are NIL, yay! This means the Rocephin antibiotics jabs have succeeded in eliminating the Klabsiella bacteria. I know my joy will soon be shortlived again coz in 3-4 weeks’ time, her pee will surely smell foul and look turbid again. This has been the fashion for the past 7 months. See how smart those bacteria are.
Anyway, our doctor has fixed a date for the IVP and MCUG tests to be carried out on Friday next week. I think baby will most likely has to go for a surgery once she turns one year old… and I am mentally and physically very prepared for it. I am praying hard that the surgery will be successful coz it’s going to be a major surgery and it’s a tough surgery coz my baby is still small and all her parts inside are small and the surgeon will have a tough time fixing them. I need lots of prayers from everyone for Baby C… for everything… the surgery (if indeed she’s going for one), the recovery (no bladder spasms and not much pain) and for her to be free from Kidney Reflux and UTI… once and for all ASAP.
We believe in miracles and we believe in prayers. BBC will be in our prayers. Maybe when the time comes a surgery wont be necessary…
my dear..my thoughts and prayers are always with u and your family. keep ur strength up..for another 5 more months.
Hi Shireen,
Please stay strong..I know God will take away this painfulness in baby C soon. My heart will always be with you and baby C and my prayers will go to both of you.
Baby C will always in our prayer. Hang in there, everything will be fine…
Mott and Becky’smum… thanks for your thoughts and prayers. They are really appreciated.
hang in there shireen. i pray for baby C every night.
Barb… thanks very much. You’re indeed a very good friend!
U have my prayers!
Sheela… thanks very much!
Prayers will all be for Baby C. God will definitely be watching over your little baby. Don’t worry too much about her going under sedation. Bryan went under GA too when he had to undergo surgery for his burns, and he woke up 🙂 Kids are a lot stronger than we think, and a lot stronger than us adults! I think the key is in choosing a reputable surgeon and a hospital as well. Easy for me to say “heck with the cost” because my employer covers it, but I think you would agree that when it comes to our babies, cost is quite secondary.
Hey Shireen
Just managed to catch up with your blogs. I’m so sorry to hear about baby C’s condition. You’re doing a great job taking care of things and I’m sure she too will weather through. She looks like a tough girl (goodness, so much hair, like Mowgli) and babies are surprisingly resilient. You are in my thoughts. Try to have a happy (at least, eventless) New Year.
Hugs
Jenn
ps. Join Facebooklah. Everyone is there. Search for “Jennifer Tai” and I’ll hook u up with half our school friends hehe.