My maid and I spent our entire morning at the hospital today. First we brought Baby C to the Imaging Department for an ultrasound scan of her kidneys and urinary tract. While waiting for our turn, I quickly fed Baby C some freshly squeezed orange juice, cactus juice and probiotics which I’d put in a bottle. After the ultrasound scan (which Baby C struggled and bawled till she almost puked), off we went to the procedures room to have her pee collected. Spent around half an hour collecting her pee. Next, my maid and I brought Baby C’s pee to the lab for the test to be done. We then went back to the Imaging Dept. to collect the ultrasound scan report. After all the running about up and down the hospital, we had to wait another half an hour to see the pediatric nephrologist.
The ultrasound scan showed that Baby C indeed has a duplicated or duplex system on the right side of her kidney. She has 2 ureters instead of one and one of the ureters is lying too lowly to the bladder. Our doctor suggested that an IVP and another MCUG (the first MCUG was performed at HUKM about half a year ago) to be carried out to see if the ureters are blocked and to see what’s going on in her kidneys and urinary tract system. The 2 procedures have been scheduled to be carried out for Monday next week. If there are blockages, a surgery has to be performed. Baby C would have to be sedated before the 2 procedures are being carried out. This will be the first time that my baby would have to be sedated and I’m really worried…. worried that the sedation meds will have little or no effect on her and that she will not go to sleep or will wake up in the midst of the procedure…. and bawl big time till she pukes. One time, when our doctor was trying to insert a catheter into her uretra to collect her pee, she was so traumatized that she cried till she puked everywhere in the procedures room. Am also worried that the sedation meds will be too strong on Baby C, so much that she won’t wake up! Looks like I’ll have more things to worry about in the days and months to come. This is only the tip of the iceberg. I’m praying that all these will come to an end by this year.
i know it is very heartbreaking and stressful to see your child going through this. i am sure the sedation meds will be strong enough so that baby c won’t feel a thing. the doc would know just how much to administer for a baby. i remember having the same thoughts too when ashley went for a surgery to remove the lil cyst under her eye when she was less than 2 years old. Baby C will be in good hands, so don’t worry so much.
Poor Baby C 🙁 Do not worry, I’m very sure the doctors will do a great job on Monday. We will be praying that the procedure will go smoothly and that Baby C will be comfortable through it all 🙂
Poor Baby C, will keep you and baby C in my prayer. Take care and God Bless.
so sorry to hear about the latest condition on baby C. Take care.
Hey.. Trust in God. I think what you worry about is very valid, and perhaps you can sound it out to the doctors, then perhaps they will be aware of how u feel. Whatever it is,she’s such a trooper and she will come out of this even better.
Do take care
sigh, i jus pray that everything will be OK for baby Cass. take care
When my dtr went thro the tests, she was “too old” to be sedated, so we all had to endure the screaming and calling out. In a way, it’s better that baby C be sedated. Less traumatic for her for sure. She will recover easily, likely be dopey for the rest of the day. When she is “under”, she will be closely monitored so no chances of her waking up. Btw, that only happens in movies! Will keep baby C in my prayers.
Hope by doing these procedure will be the best for baby C to correct her UTI. Don’t be worried too much…doctor will know what the best for her…sedated med think should be a light one…not be as bad as put to sleep with anesthetic for 1.5-2 hours, like what my boy have been administrated for 7 times…in a month time…the side effect sure have, although doc said is ok, nothing…
Thats why now the teviron also help on him in flushing out those drug and harmful med he taken before…whereby he vomit (sometime) badly when cough (only cough few hours aday) and the throw out is someting like mucus..