Eve meets the Urologist
I took Eve to see the Urologist today. She is a fairly young doctor with a 16 month old daughter. Infant girls are her speciality. I really liked her.
They switched Eve to Bactrim (from Amoxicillian) - which is a more wide range Antibiotic. She will need to take it once a day. It is also better for bowel bacteria and will hopefully cause fewer problems than any others (i.e. constipation and yeast infections). Plus you can get it filled for a month (instead of 2 weeks) and it does not have to go in the fridge ... That is all good.
I had them give her a cath to check her urine again today because I really FEEL like she is not herself and I want to make sure she does not have an infection that we are not properly treating right now. We should have prelim results this afternoon and the final results in 2 days.
Reflux is graded 1-5 with 1 being almost non noticeable and 5 being extremely severe. Eve's reflux is a grade 2 so that is good. They really think it may correct itself - which would be ideal. If it is not gone by her first birthday, she will need surgery.
She needs a urine test every 2-3 months to make sure she does not have a break through infection. If she does not have any trouble then we do not go back to the Urologist until she turns One and then we get her re-tested.
We need to have Olivia tested - there is a 40% change that she could have the same problem. This will NOT be fun.
But all in all things look good. We are on the right track and doing what we need to do to make sure she stays healthy.
Sorry no pictures but I know many of you have been concerned and I wanted to update the blog or those who read it. We thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. Please keep sending them.
trick or treat
halloween is so much fun. we had a great time. there wasn't a whole lot of build-up to the big night. we probably won't ever be a house that goes crazy with halloween decorations, maybe a pumpkin or two (this, or course, could change). i don't think mommy or daddy has the energy for it. but, we didn't want olivia to miss out on anything this year, so mommy bought her a two-year-old sized pumpkin, and on monday, olivia decorated it with a mr potato princess themed kit. she loved it. good job mommy.
olivia was definitely in the spirit. when daddy got home tuesday afternoon, olivia was awake from her nap (that she probably didn't really take) and shot out of a cannon. she was wound up tighter than an eight day clock. she gave a new meaning to the term "slap-happy". giggling, belly laughing, running around like a crazy person. she was in semi-rare form (i say "semi" because she's "slightly" crazy).
our friends angela and boomer can confirm all this as they brought their daughter anya over to go trick or treating with olivia. they were equally amazed and amused by my wacky kid.
in any case, we quickly dressed the girls in the costumes. olivia donned her kitty cat outfit, eve went as a fairy princess, and anya showed up in her ladybug garb. the words "super" and "cute" don't even begin to describe the girls. after a quick photo shoot, we were on our way.
now, we're new to the neighborhood. in our old neighborhood, the trick-or-treating was haphazard at best. we got a handful of kids the first year, and the numbers dwindled each successive year. we would dress olivia up, take a few pictures with the neighbors' kids, and that was that. on tuesday, we were pleased to find a very different scene. lots of kids, decorations, and halloween spirit. many people sat on their porches the whole night to greet the kids that came by. impressive even when it's waremer than a paltry 40 degrees. we couldn't have been happier.
olivia was a machine. she attacked trick or treating with a laser like focus not seen in your average two year old. okay, so i'm exaggerating, but not by much. she was really all business. she said "trick or treat" at every door that opened, and "thank you" after receiving each piece of candy. okay, big deal, right? but, seriously... c'mon, she's only 2! trust me, it was impressive.
olivia and anya hung in there for 4 or 5 blocks, and definitely brought home a good haul for their age bracket. olivia's spaz-fest continued all the way to bedtime with no tantrum to be seen. she even had her first peice of candy, a miniature reese's peanut butter cup (yes, she enjoyed it very much). angela, boomer, and any left around 1:30am. okay, that's not true, but mommy and daddy were so tired, 8:30 sure seemed like 1:30.
the night was quite a success. i can't wait for eve to join in the fun! as always, we took a bunch of pictures, and you can find them
here.
happy halloween!
