Biopsy Today!

This morning started at 8:00 am at the hospital. He was scheduled for hydration from 8:30-11:30 where they were going to take us up to PACU for the biopsy. WELL....we all know how that never happens! :-) (Hydration, by the way, was IV and because he couldn't have anything by mouth. But they still wanted that kidney to be hydrated well. They used his PICC line.) So finally at 2 pm (after about 1 1/2 hours of major crying from hungary pains!) they took us up to PACU. We were able to go down into the procedure room where they were going to perform the biopsy. It's the same place where they took out his pubic catheter. Anyhow, they gave him some drugs in his PICC line (we LOVE drugs!) and he got really groggy so he wasn't so aggitated. He knew exactly where he was as soon as we walked in the room! They put another one in his PICC line that took a little longer to work, but he shortly zonked out, we gave him kisses and left. 25 minutes later they were done! We were told that it took 30 minutes to 2 hours, but apparently his bowels fell to the side (they roll him on his left side so his kidney is right at the surface) and they got a good view of the kidney (guided by ultrasound) and everything went well! There was very little bleeding....1/2 pencil eraser size....on the bandaid. But the bladder was really full.....1/2 liter....adult size. So they cathed him to drain that so no extra pressure was on the kidney. So we have been fighting scratched up ureter all night! (they took the catheter right out when the urine came out.) Anyhow, Dr. Alexander said everything went textbook perfect! So we are happy about that. In fact, yesterday at clinicals we were also told Daniel is text book perfect but he could gain a little more weight. (I'll tell you about that later!) Anyhow, so he then had to lay flat for 4 hours! GOOD LUCK! he actually did really good....you'll see daddy laying in bed with him for the #2 & 3 hours (first hour was in recovery) and then I held him the 4th hour. So we made it! He got to eat and we got released at 10 pm! So we are finally here. He never had any blood in the urine, so we are grateful for that! We just will fight the painful peeing for 24 hours!
Dr. Usha was in there, and for those of you who don't remember her....she said Daniel didn't have gas....one x-ray later, he had gas! Anyhow, she said something about his reflux. I told him he didn't have reflux anymore (when the urine goes up into the kidney) and she said that she just read the report from the last VCUG and I told her it was wrong then because we were both there and the dye did not go up into his kidney. So she said she'd go print it off. She did, came and read it to us....."OH! He doesn't have reflux! I must have been thinking of someone else!" UGH! She makes us laugh though! Daniel has to have an antibiotic for 3 days due to the catheter. I asked if the antibiotic he is on for UTI's won't help for this case, too? She said, "He's on macrodantin?" DUH! She had his chart right in her arms! Gotta laugh or it would make you angry! Anyhow, enjoy the pictures!