Hydronephrosis and the Waiting Game

I mentioned briefly in my weekly updates while I was pregnant that at my 20 week anatomy scan with Alex they found that he had fluid on his kidneys.  They talked a little bit about how its very common to find especially in male babies, that it usually will resolve itself before birth.  They then scheduled me for a second prenatal ultrasound at 32 weeks.

At my 32 week ultrasound they found that the kidneys still had fluid on them.  They still said it can resolve itself before birth so they will ultrasound him after he's born to see if the fluid is still there or not.

So at a week old we had Alex's kidneys ultrasounded.

Then I had to wait untill Monday to hear from his doctor that he still does have fluid on his kidneys.  Still no real answer as to what is causing it.  They are going to send us to UofM to the nephrologist to have them ultrasound his kidneys and decide where to go from there.  There is still a chance that the fluid on his kidneys can still clear up on its own, if it doesn't it sounds like anything that could be causing the fluid to build up is fixable with surgery.   It's either a problem with the kidneys emptying or a problem with backflow from the bladder to the kidneys.  Even looking online I don't find any horror stories to make me worry too much about it.  He's totally fine and if you didn't know from the ultrasounds, you'd never know that there was anything going on.   So now we wait until they contact us to schedule the UofM appointment.  In the grand scheme of things it could be worse, I'd just like to know if we have to do anything or if its just more waiting and rechecking.

One Thankful Month

Today I am thankful for our pediatrician, Addison had her 15 month visit today.  (yes on her 16 month birthday, yeah somehow we got a month behind)  I wasn't crazy about them the first few times we went in there, but other than the waiting, they are almost always behind, they have been great.  The office staff/nursing staff are great.  Her doctor is pretty to the point about everything and doesn't spend a whole lot of time talking unless you ask questions which I love in a doctor.  I don't want to be lectured about something every time we go!  I'm happy that we ended up with a place I enjoy especially since we didn't have one picked out before she was born, no body seemed to have a good recommendation!

I'll post the monthly update later when I have more time but little mini is 30 1/2 inches and 21.15lbs.  Yeah about 50% for length and down to around 10% for weight....Growing the same way I did, not at all between 1 & almost 2!