Dr. R said that there are now multiple cysts on her right kidney, but it doesn't look like anything really dangerous (i.e. something like polycystic kidney syndrome or some kind of dysplastic disorder). He said that it looks like there is a partial blockage at where the right ureter (tube leading from each kidney to the bladder) and the bladder meet. Her amniotic fluid levels looked great and the fact that it wasn't one big, ballooning cyst means that her kidney is still functioning ~ just not as efficiently it should be. We have to go back next month and he asked us to schedule a consultation with a pediatric urologist in five weeks. I wish that there would have been no sign at all of those stupid cysts, but I am still thankful that, at this point, her prognosis is good. To celebrate, Nonny, Maddie, and I went to Galveston and ate lunch at a nice restaurant on the Gulf of Mexico. We had breads and salad, some shrimp bisque, fried fresh Gulf shrimp, and shared two tiny orders of dessert: one slice of warm pecan pie with vanilla ice cream and one slice of brownie-chocolate cake (ditto ice cream). Then we walked along the beach collecting sea shells and a sand dollar. I saw so many fish! I also saw a blue crab, a horseshoe crab, a dead stingray, and a dead soft shell crab. I am also pleased to report that none of the zillion sea gulls flying overhead pooped on me (a phobia of mine). I felt like a kid as I walked in the warm, salty water, pointing out tankers on the horizon or some seaweed that looked frighteningly similar to what I imagine a jellyfish would look like. I also felt so in love with my husband...we've never been to the ocean together ~ he didn't even know that I liked being around the water! We spent some precious moments together with our pant legs rolled up, the Gulf breeze whipping around us, walking hand in hand along the shore...
XOXO
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