So, we went to Springfield (again) today to see the pediatric surgeon (who functions as a urologist). Eve was doing fine in the car, and about 15 minutes from the place I heard her wimpering. I turned around and the lower half of her face was covered in blood. The best I can tell is that in some freak coincidence aiming, she managed to stick her finger up her nose and get herself good. I pulled over and was able to clean her up. But, boy was it scary.
The doctor's appointment went well. I liked him a lot. I explained that Eve had kidney reflux that had supposedly reversed itself, but there had been several occurrences of possible UTI's over the last 9 months (some of which did not show up in urinalysis). I explained about most recent event (smelly pee on vacation), and how it went away with the medicine. He told me that he has had some patients that have had kidney reflux, it reversed, and then after a few UTI's and a new scan it turned out they had it again. So, he is going to schedule a VCUG (an xray test to diagnose kidney reflux) at Baystate (in Springfield) and then we will follow up with him. If she does have reflux again, we have two choices: 1. Prophylactic dose of antibiotics (like in GA) or 2. Surgery that does not involve an incision, but rather goes up the urethra and deposits a substance that prevents urine from going back up into the kidneys (reflux). I asked him if he thought I was being rash or paranoid over a couple of instances of stinky pee, and he said if he thought that, he wouldn't be scheduling the VCUG.
Finally, I told him about the bloody nose and I asked if he thought I should call the pediatrician when I got home. He said no and agreed it was probably freak-aiming (unless it happens again).
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