Or kidney update, rather.

K went to the children’s urologist the other day and it was his opinion that her urinary reflux isn’t as bad as the other hospital said it is. We were initially told that one was a grade 5 (worst you can have), this guy puts both at grade 3′s and he is confident she’ll grow out of this problem within a few years. He said that he doesn’t put them at grade 5 because her x-rays don’t show reflux immediately but after her bladder actually gets full. However, he also said that he figures the first doctor said it was a grade 5 because of how the actual kidney looks. We were told that that particular kidney had a lowered function, but they weren’t sure how low. In about 4 weeks, K will get a renal scan which will tell the doctors what sort of function this kidney has. Does it work as it’s supposed to, despite there being too much fluid in there? Or is it functionless? Somewhere between? After the renal scan we will know more. The functionality of this kidney will determine whether or not she needs surgery. Apparently it has more fluid because there’s a blockage and the scan will tell us if that blockage needs to be taken care of or not. I assume that if she does get that fixed they will also go ahead and fix the reflux at the same time.

But that’s the haps, brothas.