Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Abby Specialist Update
Hi All!
Abby had her appointment with the Pediatric Urologist specialist at the U of M yesterday and she was charmer and happy the whole time. They want to do the kidney ultrasound to make sure her kidneys are growing right and the VCUG (this is where they put in a catheter and fill her bladder and shot some contrast through the cath to see if the urine is going back up to the kidney’s they will be doing this about 3 times to try and set off the reflux). Apparently UTI’s aren’t suppose to cause fevers and she has had fevers all three times the last time she had strep throat to which is why she was running a 104 temp I am sure. The fever means bacteria are in her kidneys from the urine sitting there. She will be on the preventive antibiotic until she is at least 1. If the tests show something she will be on them until she out grows the reflux or might need surgery in the future to fix it. We are hoping she will grow out of it.
Friday Nov. 7th she is having these tests done. She seems to lay nice and still for the doctors so we will see how she does with this. She also seems to have grown a ¼ of an inch and 7 ounces since last week. They were surprised how tall she is for her age.
Abby had her appointment with the Pediatric Urologist specialist at the U of M yesterday and she was charmer and happy the whole time. They want to do the kidney ultrasound to make sure her kidneys are growing right and the VCUG (this is where they put in a catheter and fill her bladder and shot some contrast through the cath to see if the urine is going back up to the kidney’s they will be doing this about 3 times to try and set off the reflux). Apparently UTI’s aren’t suppose to cause fevers and she has had fevers all three times the last time she had strep throat to which is why she was running a 104 temp I am sure. The fever means bacteria are in her kidneys from the urine sitting there. She will be on the preventive antibiotic until she is at least 1. If the tests show something she will be on them until she out grows the reflux or might need surgery in the future to fix it. We are hoping she will grow out of it.
Friday Nov. 7th she is having these tests done. She seems to lay nice and still for the doctors so we will see how she does with this. She also seems to have grown a ¼ of an inch and 7 ounces since last week. They were surprised how tall she is for her age.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Abby 9 Month Update
Hi All!
Well, Abby is feeling better. She is 29 inches tall which is the 88 percentile and 19lbs 6oz which is 55 percentile. She had lost some weight when she was sick, but she gain a little over a pound back. As for her urinary tract infections (UTI) she has been put back on the preventive antibiotic and we will be taking her for a consult at the U of M. It is possible she will grow out of it. Mark family has a history of UTI ‘s so it could be hereditary. We will let you know when we do.
She is so funny she has learned to snort! It is really cute. She is as mobile as ever she will be a real handful when she starts walking. She is still working on those teeth too. Below is the picture of her snorting!
Well, Abby is feeling better. She is 29 inches tall which is the 88 percentile and 19lbs 6oz which is 55 percentile. She had lost some weight when she was sick, but she gain a little over a pound back. As for her urinary tract infections (UTI) she has been put back on the preventive antibiotic and we will be taking her for a consult at the U of M. It is possible she will grow out of it. Mark family has a history of UTI ‘s so it could be hereditary. We will let you know when we do.
She is so funny she has learned to snort! It is really cute. She is as mobile as ever she will be a real handful when she starts walking. She is still working on those teeth too. Below is the picture of her snorting!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Abby 9 Months Old
Hi All!
Well, this was supposed to be a 9 month stats update, but Abby decided that wouldn’t happen. What I thought and hoped was her teeth turned out to be another UTI and has a little bacteria in her throat.
She started running a temp Tuesday night and it just kept going up. I called the clinic Wednesday afternoon and they said keep her hydrated and try to keep her temp down and try to make it to her Friday well baby check. She didn’t make it that far. Thursday her temp spiked to 103.4 and to the clinic we went. They couldn't find anything viral for the cause of the fever, so she had to give urine sample to check for infection. Nothing really came back from so we had to wait to see if the culture would grow. The doctor started her back on the antibiotic just to be safe and said to try Motrin to get the fever down which did bring it down some. Well, Friday very early morning she woke up burning up 103.5. We cooled her best we could and I called the 24 hour nurse line and they said not to worry until it gets to 104 -105. We got her back to sleep to have her wake up at 7 with 103.8 and Mark said we could take her in. So off to the urgent care/ER where her temp thanks to the Motrin was down to 100.6 (little Stinker) by the time we got there. They did a chest X-ray and throat culture which they said came back fine. They told us just keep doing what we were doing and the antibiotic she was taking would cover any bacteria that might be there. Friday afternoon it actually spiked to 104, but by that night she was down to a nice 99.9 unfortunately she woke at 1:30am with 103.3 again, but hasn't had one since. I think she has built a resistance to Tylenol, because that wasn’t doing anything for her.
A nurse from the hospital called yesterday afternoon to say her throat culture after growing did have a few little bugs in it and to see how Abby was. She had to talk to Dr. about what he wanted to do about the little bugs in her throat. She called back to say she had ecoli in her urine which means infection and her antibiotic was fine for her throat to. Bummer! Now she will have to get the test again to see if her urine is going back into her kidneys and probably be on Antibiotics for a while. I should get a call from her Doctor today. She is fighting the antibiotic now, so this has been fun. I think she is tired of getting medicine after this last week. Needless to say you can’t do a well baby check when the baby is sick, so I have to re-schedule that appointment.
She is feeling better, but still a little fussy and very tired. She wants to be held a lot or not at all so she can get into whatever she can get her hands on! She is still working on those eye teeth the one tooth just doesn’t want to come through.
Well, this was supposed to be a 9 month stats update, but Abby decided that wouldn’t happen. What I thought and hoped was her teeth turned out to be another UTI and has a little bacteria in her throat.
She started running a temp Tuesday night and it just kept going up. I called the clinic Wednesday afternoon and they said keep her hydrated and try to keep her temp down and try to make it to her Friday well baby check. She didn’t make it that far. Thursday her temp spiked to 103.4 and to the clinic we went. They couldn't find anything viral for the cause of the fever, so she had to give urine sample to check for infection. Nothing really came back from so we had to wait to see if the culture would grow. The doctor started her back on the antibiotic just to be safe and said to try Motrin to get the fever down which did bring it down some. Well, Friday very early morning she woke up burning up 103.5. We cooled her best we could and I called the 24 hour nurse line and they said not to worry until it gets to 104 -105. We got her back to sleep to have her wake up at 7 with 103.8 and Mark said we could take her in. So off to the urgent care/ER where her temp thanks to the Motrin was down to 100.6 (little Stinker) by the time we got there. They did a chest X-ray and throat culture which they said came back fine. They told us just keep doing what we were doing and the antibiotic she was taking would cover any bacteria that might be there. Friday afternoon it actually spiked to 104, but by that night she was down to a nice 99.9 unfortunately she woke at 1:30am with 103.3 again, but hasn't had one since. I think she has built a resistance to Tylenol, because that wasn’t doing anything for her.
A nurse from the hospital called yesterday afternoon to say her throat culture after growing did have a few little bugs in it and to see how Abby was. She had to talk to Dr. about what he wanted to do about the little bugs in her throat. She called back to say she had ecoli in her urine which means infection and her antibiotic was fine for her throat to. Bummer! Now she will have to get the test again to see if her urine is going back into her kidneys and probably be on Antibiotics for a while. I should get a call from her Doctor today. She is fighting the antibiotic now, so this has been fun. I think she is tired of getting medicine after this last week. Needless to say you can’t do a well baby check when the baby is sick, so I have to re-schedule that appointment.
She is feeling better, but still a little fussy and very tired. She wants to be held a lot or not at all so she can get into whatever she can get her hands on! She is still working on those eye teeth the one tooth just doesn’t want to come through.
She is pulling herself up and trying to walk around things now. I am bummed because we just got her to sleep completely through the night and now it is back to the drawing board with that one. The picture i am posting is actually at 8 months but it all i have access to right now.
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