Oh, how I did not miss spending whole days at the hospital!
And we've been lucky, that it's been about 4 weeks since we've had to!!!
So Jackson had a BMP and UA done-
TOTALLY NORMAL!!!
(creatnine 0.4)
Then he had a Renal US-
Dr Sumfest was more than happy with the amount of "schrinkage" to the overall size of the kidneys and ureters. Each kidney was appx 5 cm but the hydronephrosis had decreased also. The ureters remain real big, but are smaller. He is not worried if Jackson has reflux, because there is nothing to be done at this time anyway (Surgery is the answer, and Jackson will have to be a few years old). So, he will check for scar tissue from the last surgery and then reconstruct his hypospadia in early Feb sometime. YAY!!!!!
Dr Muchant was please with the US also, except she again mentioned that the tissue of the kidneys does not look promising for a long term prognosis. She says the kidneys are the same color as the kliver, and they should NOT be. However, as shown by his creatnine, they are working perfectl right now. So, I will try not to dwell on this for the next year or so.
Jackson is remaining to be in the 25% for height and weight. You can tell by looking at him, that his belly is not as unproportionably big as it had been!!!!
His BP was a little high (like usual) 116/74 and 106/76 (should be less than 100/) but it is not alraming... we'll just check it more often.
And now I must spend all day tomorrow trying to figure out insurances again b/c now Geisinger will no longer take Jackson's secondary insurance... aaarrrrggggg!!!!
2 comments:
Glad that so many of his tests came back so positive! As far as the rest....I wish they had been normal too, so you didn't have to stress so much! If he ever has a need (down the road)....for a kidney transplant...I am thinking with our large families, someone should be a match and be willing to be a donor. But, hopefully what will never be the case....I'm praying for miracles all along the way!!
Well it sounds like over all it was a good day. Try not to stress out too much about the not-so-good things and remember how much better he's doing than he probably should be (especially considering he wasn't even supposed to survive the pregnancy!). Love that boy. Give him hugs from all of us.
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