Sallie's results

We got Sallie's results back today. She does have Grade II Vesicoureteral Reflux (Urinary reflux) which means that her urine refluxes all the way back up her ureter thus taking bacteria back in. The grades are 1 through 5 with 5 being the worst. So, #1 the reflux is minor and #2 she should outgrow it. With more severe cases they use prophylatctic antibiotics to control the infections. However, with Grade II they are just watched closely for any signs of infection and treated as needed. Also, we were given a little hope that she might indeed have 2 kidneys by the ultrasound technician. She said she was not sure but she did see something on the left side in the same location as her kidney on the right side which did appear to possibly be a second kidney. Interestingly enough, at some point I had looked back to the targeted ultrasounds I had done when I was pregnant with Sallie and we knew there were problems and they stated there were 2 kidneys. However, when she was born they said there was only 1 so I assumed an ultrasound of her outside of the uterus was more accurate and never questioned it. So, when the tech mentioned that last week our curiousity was really peaked. The radiologist said that it is not another kidney. The nurse read his findings to me in medical terms but basically it is a group of cells which did not form a kidney. Apparently it appears somewhat like a kidney but is not. The tech was very good to spend time explaining everything she saw to us and she showed me both sides and they did look alike. However, she told me that if Sallie did have the urinary reflux then the pictures of that would indicate whether that was a functioning kidney or not because it would show the urine backing up in there. So, a little hope that turned out to be nothing but we are very relieved that the reflux is not major and that hopefully it will correct itself. Thanks for the prayers and we appreciate your continued prayers for Sallie.