Appointments

February brought a few appointments for Sadie. Back in December she had a UTI and our pediatrician referred us to a urologist for some testing to be sure that Sadie does not have Vesicoureteral Reflux. We headed to the urologist in Winston and he set us up with two appointments at Brenner's. The first appointment was for an x ray of Sadie's urinary tract. She was stripped and strapped to a board (she peed all over the table and nurse during this part-ha!). They used a catheter to inject a dye into her bladder so they could get the picture of her urinary tract while she was peeing. It was really fascinating and Sadie did SUCH a good job!! She cried out of discomfort a few times but she handled everything very well. We then had an ultrasound taken and Sadie was happy during the whole ordeal. She even 'helped' the nurse guide the wand across her belly! :) After Brenner's we headed back to the urologist to find out the test results. Unfortunately, Sadie does have reflux. The doctor wants to wait and retest Sadie when she turns one in hopes that she overcomes the reflux on her own. While we wait she is taking a very low dose of an antibiotic. If she has another UTI during this season of waiting OR does not overcome reflux on her own Sadie will have surgery to correct the reflux. Pray for sweet Sadie's body to heal on its own and for an easy appointment when we go back to Brenner's on August 7th.

The worst part of our appointments was actually the HUGE blowout that Sadie had on the way to the urologist. I carried her in because we parked a ways away and I didn't want to lug her heavy seat. As I was checking in I could smell her and then noticed a streak of poop ON MY HAND that was holding the stylus pen. I started to discreetly assess the damage and realized that there was no way to be discreet about this explosion. And then it hit me. The wipes were in the car. And there was no going back. At this point the receptionist had caught on and gave me TISSUES to help. What?! I asked if there were any wipes in the office (pediatric urology) and she brought me a TOWEL and sent me to the bathroom changing station that was in the middle of the lobby. Of course Sadie was wearing an outfit that I had to pull off over her head...there was poop every.where. All over her, the changing table, my sweater. The towel was insufficient to say the least and I was doing the most interesting acrobatic moves to hold her on the table and stretch to wet the towel at the sink. It was a disaster and we were 20 minutes late to her appointment by the time I was done cleaning her. I kept getting whiffs of poop the whole time we were there and I am sure the people in the lobby thought I was crazy. Sadie was dunked in the tub as soon as we got home! I guess she was getting me back for making her go through that x ray appointment! ;)