16 month old with a GI Specialist AND a Urology Specialist....hmmmm

Yes, we now have a GI specialist, which I am sure we will be seeing just as often as the Urologist. Atleast this office will be somewhat fun to visit. The office is in downtown Birmingham, and when you walk in they have "Official Stadium Seats" from the original Chicago White Sox stadium to sit in, AND the nurses where White Sox jerseys. At least it is something different.

The doctor looked at all of Micah's Ultrasounds that she has had done on her kidney, the gallbladder is only seen in 2 of these. The first was from July, and the stone was there then also, it just was not caught. And of course in the one from a couple of weeks ago. He said that He thinks it might have been a result from her having some Jaundice at birth. He said it is rare but it has happened before. Although he thinks that this is what caused it he still wants to send her to Children's Hospital to have a couple of test run.

She is scheduled to go next Friday to have a new ultrasound, blood work, and a Hidascan?? All I know about the Hidascan is that they will put and IV in her hand, they will then inject dye into the IV and watch it for a while as it goes to her liver and gallbladder. This is to see if the stone is blocking a bile duct and to make sure everything is functioning like it should. We see the doctor directly after the tests so we will know something that day. My poor little angel will not be in a good mood that day.

Anyways, that is it for now. So too all of you out there reading this (mom, Dad, and ??) haha there it is. Although ya'll already knew all of this......so why am I writing it on here?

Pictures

Here are some recent pictures.

These first few are in Panama City, Brandon, me, and Micah took a trip down there in September.

This is her with her new hair style :0)

Having fun with mommy

Many post to come!

I have been neglecting this blog for way too long! I can not believe I have not put anything up since Micah's birthday. I have been so so so busy with school and everything else I just kept putting this off. About school, I will finally be a teacher in May 2011. haha! At least I have a graduating date. It has taken me WAY too long I know but hey it will all be worth it. Micah is doing great. We have had a couple of things come up with her.

First, about 6 or 7 months ago Micah had a Kidney Infection. We were sent to a specialist and found out that her right kidney was inflamed. We see the Urologist at Children's every 3 months to have an Ultrasound done and for him to check her. Right now he thinks she has an area leading to her kidney "kinked" up, which in turn is keeping some urine in her right kidney. As of right now he does not want to do anything for it (unless she has more infections). If worse comes to worse she will have to have a small surgery to "unkink" the problem. Sorry I do not know all of the medical terms for this issue. :)

Now to the next thing that has come up. When we saw the Urologist last week they did the normal ultrasound. We then saw the doc and he said her kidney has stayed the same (which is good). BUT, they found something in her Gallbladder........a "large" he said GALLSTONE!
I do not know much about gallstones but I knew that a child her age should not have one. He said that this is very rare for a child this young. He said that the ultrasound tech just happened to get a good shot of her gallbladder this time. He does not know how long it has been there because they have never concentrated on that area.

He then called Micah's pediatrician to see what he would like to do. Her pediatrician is Dr. Hale at Birmingham Pediatrics, he has decided to send her to a GI Specialist. Her appointment is next Wednesday, which is also the same day she gets her second flu shot from Dr. Hale. So it should be an interesting day. I am hoping that the GI doctor will want to leave things as is for the time being, although if he does think she needs to have her gallbladder removed I will certainly have a second opinion.

Please keep Micah in your players for these appointments, she will be having blood drawn to try to understand what might be causing her to have a gallstone. I think I hate this more than her because it just breaks my heart into pieces when I have to hold her while they draw her blood.
I will be sure to keep this blog updated when we find something out.

This is her at the Urologist last week

This is Miss Micah waiting to see Dr. Hale a couple months ago.

On a more positive note. Micah is talking like crazy. She says many words of course "momma" and "daee" (which is how she says daddy) It is really cute. Here are a list of words she says at 16 months.

dog
meow
phone
tuck (stuck)
juice
bite bite
hiney
eyes
nose
do (shoe)
dora
Pawpaw
Mawmaw
Nana
Bob Bob
night night- this is what she calls her blankets
bye bye

And the latest is "Mal Mal" she has said this only a couple times.
Some of the other words she uses ALL the time, and others rarely says them but she knows how.