Avery's Health

This month has been busy for Avery. She had another ultra sound for her hip displasia and a subsequent appointment with the orthopedic Doc. I fully expected her to be in a brace after the tech's said that her left hip on the ultra sound looked loose compared to the right. However, the Doc came in and said it was all cleared up and her hips look great. He checked her one last time to make sure. He wants her to have a pelvic x-ray in 6 months. Super great news!
She also had her follow up test from when she was in the hospital. What they did was inject dye into her bladder and then waited to see where it went. If it stayed in the bladder great. If it went up to the kidneys not so good. Well the test revealed that yes in fact she does have back flow of urine into her kidneys. I had to wait almost 2 weeks after her having the test to talk with the Doc about it. It felt like forever. So basically what the Doc said was that there was damage to the kidney from the back flow and infection but it is good that they have caught it early. There continues to be back flow and the hope is she will grow out of it. If not then she can have a procedure done to fix it. It use to be a surgery where they had to actually cut, but due to wonderful advances in medicine they will just have to go through her urethra (hole she pees out of) and can do it from the inside of her bladder. Amazing. So in the mean time of waiting to see if she grows out of it she has to be on antibiotics. This kind of freaks me out as it is long term. The dose is small but yet enough to stop a urinary track infection. If she does get another urinary track infection it can cause major damage to her kidneys, especially if it goes undetected. So that is why the antibiotics.
If you feel so inclined keep her in your prayers. I would love for her urine system to mature and heal on it's own with no "procedure". That is what I am praying for.
I am waiting to hear if Avery is going to be followed by a Urologist or the Pediatrician we saw in the hospital. Let me just say that Dr. Morris the Pediatrician we had in the hospital was amazing. He was like a big teddy bear. He oozed kindness and concern. I just always had an urge to hug him! I want him to adopt Cooper and Avery as grandkids.