This morning Ella had an appointment at the Children's Hospital for an ultrasound and an xray to check that her kidneys and bladder are functioning properly. As seems to be the trend in our lives right now, the news wasn't good.
They filled up Ella's bladder (using a catheter) with some contrasting liquid and learned that Ella's bladder is refluxing into her kidneys. I'm not sure the medical condition for this but this explains how Ella got her UTI back in August.
We were told that on a scale of 1-5 (5 being the worst) Ella's condition is a 2, her bladder is refluxing, but her kidneys aren't absorbing it and swelling. Dr. Ahn is going to contact us once the specialist gives her the diagnosis. She'll have to be on low grade antibiotics for a year (
a year? )to protect her kidneys and the specialist thinks because it's not severe, she'll grow out of it.
She goes for more tests in a year to determine if she has in fact outgrown it, or will need surgery. Apparently, this isn't uncommon and it's easily treated so we're not too concerned, but hope she doesn't need surgery down the road.
After the doctor, we went into Buckhead (very posh area in north Atlanta) and had lunch at a French bistro, La Madeline. So good! Then it was off to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I love gardening and got so many good ideas. They had some beautiful gardens, lots of interesting flowers and it just smelled so wonderful.
This morning Ella had an appointment at the Children's Hospital for an ultrasound and an xray to check that her kidneys and bladder are functioning properly. As seems to be the trend in our lives right now, the news wasn't good. 
They filled up Ella's bladder (using a catheter) with some contrasting liquid and learned that Ella's bladder is refluxing into her kidneys. I'm not sure the medical condition for this but this explains how Ella got her UTI back in August. 
We were told that on a scale of 1-5 (5 being the worst) Ella's condition is a 2, her bladder is refluxing, but her kidneys aren't absorbing it and swelling. Dr. Ahn is going to contact us once the specialist gives her the diagnosis. She'll have to be on low grade antibiotics for a year (a year? )to protect her kidneys and the specialist thinks because it's not severe, she'll grow out of it. 
She goes for more tests in a year to determine if she has in fact outgrown it, or will need surgery. Apparently, this isn't uncommon and it's easily treated so we're not too concerned, but hope she doesn't need surgery down the road.
After the doctor, we went into Buckhead (very posh area in north Atlanta) and had lunch at a French bistro, La Madeline. So good! Then it was off to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I love gardening and got so many good ideas. They had some beautiful gardens, lots of interesting flowers and it just smelled so wonderful.
