Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Yet Another Doctor Visit Update

We had Sophie's visit with the pediatric urologist today and it went VERY well. We were very pleased with what he had to say. Although, we were not pleased with sitting in the room for over AN HOUR waiting to be seen, but I will say that he did spend more than the typical 10 minutes with us. He definitely took the time to explain all of our options to us. In the end we decided that the best course of action for Sophie at this time is to continue on the low dose of antibiotics (to prevent any further infections) daily for another 3-5 months and then stop and see how she fairs from there. Only time will tell what our final course of action will be, but for now this is what we feel is the best choice. The doctor did say that typically 70% of children with Grade 3 reflux (her left kidney) tend to out grow it in about 5 years and 80% of children with Grade 2 (her right kidney) out grow it in about the same time frame. As far as the two ureters in her left kidney he is not concerned at all, phew, and actually the double ureter does not go all the way down to her bladder it just kind of branches out into a second one at the top going into the kidney. All in all it was a good appointment and all our prayers were answered, we really could not have asked for it to go better.

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