Miss Emery has a sick little girl lately. Since discovering her first urinary tract infection just two weeks ago, we have learned that she has urinary reflux which is a malfunction of the valves in her ureters. It is measured on a scale of 1-5 and she has reflux level 5 on her left side and level 3/4 on her right. We are meeting with the urologist to investigate our/her options. Most likely, because of the severity of her reflux, she will need surgery to repair it. Sometimes with levels 1-3, it can repair on its own but we are not thinking that that will be an option for her. While we are sad that she has this, we are also thankful to her doctors for being proactive with testing because long term reflux can cause kidney damage that at times can get severe enough to require kidney transplant. Preston and I are cautiously moving forward with appointments trying to absorb all information so that we can be sure to make the best decision for our little girl. I am very anxious about the idea of surgery because Emery is so young. However, besides any scars, she is so young that thankfully she won't remember anything! Because of fevers, she has been sleeping A LOT and actually has been so puny that she hasn't needed to be swaddled to sleep. She can just about sleep anywhere you put her...even in her floor "gym". Please pray for good decisions, great doctors and a quick recovery for our family....especially Emery!!!
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