"Goodness, Guh-racious! Great balls o' fire..."
On a serious note...
Cystoscopy with Right Nephrectomy.
Dr. J told me yesterday that Maddie will need to have surgery after all. The cystocele that was seen in the prenatal ultrasound was seen on her last ultrasound. Apparently they saw it on the previous scan and VCUG, but it wasn't clear and was mistaken for 'bowel gas'. The bad kidney is producing enough urine to fill the cystocele, which is enlarging inside of her little bladder. Leave the kidney in and it can cause life-long urinary infections which could put her left kidney at risk, she would be at risk for hypertension, heart disease, stroke, dialysis...so, of course, we'll get that damn kidney out of there (sorry for the potty mouth, Gramma). They had it scheduled for September 29th, but Dr. J's assistant called me today to say that the Dr. said it can't wait that long so we got bumped up to September 4th. Next week. I keep picturing us handing this little bitty baby over to some scubs-clad nurse. It makes me so sad. She'll have her surgery done, then be admitted to the hospital for 24hrs. Thankfully, we'll be able to stay the night in recovery with her.
This is what Madelyn thinks about all of that jazz:
You go, girl!
1 comment:
That bare bottom is too funny! I was reading the post and couldn't see the whole pic, only the top of madelyn's head and then I scrolled down when I was finished reading and laughed so hard and SO loud. You know how loud I can be...and I'm at work with little babies! Geesh!
Sorry to hear about the abrupt surgery Jess, but once that's done, you won't have to worry about that little bugger anymore. By little bugger I am referring to that stinkin kidney. Not that after the surgery you'll stop worrying about Maddie, because we all know that won't happen! She'll be in good hands though, and you will be there with her every moment! I am working that Thursday, Fri, Sat so I will for sure be stopping in and checking on all of you. Not at 3 in the morning of course, even though I'll be up at that time. You guys though, will hopefully be sleeping. So much love to that cute baby girl and you and John.
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