Hey sweeties! Here I am, sitting down to post on the blog, however it is not the topic I had hoped for. Originally when I had signed up to post today, I wanted to post about fun summer day trips. You know the awesome outings to The Zoo, or an Aquarium, or The Dinosaur Museum. Well, I have learned that life does not always go as planned. Instead of being able to do some of those fun outings this summer, life has dealt us a different hand. We have been trying to get our baby girl healthy. We have known since I was pregnant that there was extra fluid on one of her kidney’s. At 1 1/2 months she was hospitalized for a UTI. This week we took her for a test on her kidney’s to see how bad her kidney relux is, and what our treatment options are. Now, don’t misunderstand… I know that this is not a life or death situation. We are very blessed and there are so many more kids in that are much more sick than our little lady. But, as a mother, it is so hard to see your little ones go through pain, or sickness, of any kind. The test she went through was a VCUG. Here is a page I made about the whole ordeal…

Journaling:

Poor baby! We have known for a long time that Hannah has fluid on her left kidney, and that most likely meant she has kidney reflux. The test for kidney reflux is called a Voiding Cystourethrogram or a VCUG. It is an x-ray examination of a child’s bladder and lower urinary tract that uses a special form of x-ray called fluoroscopy and a contrast material. First they strapped her hands up by her ears, then wrapped her with an ace bandage around a body board. They they had to wrap her eyes with a bandage as well to reduce the amout of radiation that would get to her. They put in the catheter and she kicked it out, so they inserted another, and she peed that one out. Finally they put in a third catheter and then strapped her legs down as well. Hannah was screaming for over an hour and there was nothing I could do to comfort her. It was like they were ripping my heart out. I was so happy when I got to pick her up and love her after it was all over.

Now that we are done with the testing, and our babe is feeling a little better, I hope to make the most of the summer days we have left, and take my kids on some of those fun outings and day trips I have wanted to. This post is about life. Life is not always wonderful, and capturing those memories is just as important to me as any other. Happy scrapping to you all… both good and bad moments!