Thursday, May 21, 2009

Caleb's Post-Op Update

We went to our pediatric urologist today for Caleb's post-op following his surgery 3 weeks ago. This entailed doing a sonogram to see how has kidneys have responded since the surgery. His right kidney was still dilated, but our doctor said he expected this until the stint gets removed on June 9th. The left kidney continues to look really good, which is wonderful. Looking ahead - on July 16th, our doctor has recommended we do two tests (nuclear medicine and VCUG) in addition to his normal sonogram. The tests will determine how his kidneys perform using his new plumbing (by then his body will have been on its own for five weeks following his stint removal). We continue to pray that the Lord would allow Caleb's reconstructed right ureter to reduce the swelling in his right kidney and that his left kidney would continue to function normally. We also pray that the day surgery on June 9th to remove his stint would go smoothly and that Caleb would continue to respond favorably to anesthesia.

As you can tell in the below pictures, Caleb seems unphased by all of these doctors visitors and hospital stays...



3 comments:

Kristie said...

Seriously, the kid has the coolest hair ever. And the sweetest smile! :)

Caryn said...

Glad the appointment went well. We'll be braying for the 9th and continued healing between now and then.

Jenny said...

glad to hear that the appointment went well. we will be praying for june 9th : ). what a happy little boy!