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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Spiral urethra??

My 4 year old daughter has been having difficulties with UTI's. She has had 6 since last December!! So, we have been taking her to see a urologist. Yesterday she had a test done called a VCUG. Basically, they had to insert a catheter into her bladder fill it with dye, take x-rays while it was filling, after it was full, and as it was emptying. The whole point of this was so we could see if she has renal reflux, where the urine flows back up into her kidneys. Well, she does have it, and we also found out that she has a spiral urethra. She was born with it, but it is increasing her liklihood of getting UTI's. So, as for now, I am working with her on going potty often, relaxing, and tons of other things. I am pretty nervous about the possibility of her having to have surgery at some point... She was such a little trooper yesterday, I am so proud of her! Will keep updating as this process will continue over the next 18 months or so.

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  1. My daughter just got diagnosed with the same exact problems. How did it turn out for you?

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