violet

My mind is all over the place lately. And while I do have some fun things planned for around here (2 reviews and 2 giveaways coming soon!!), right now I'm extra focused on real life.

Like I mentioned before, Ronnie had to take Violet to the ER last week while I was out of town. He noticed that she'd been "off" for a day or so and even noticed her urine had a strong smell to it but got really concerned when she stopped smiling, not wanting to eat as much and then her temp shot up to 103.4. I have to say she's really lucky to have such an awesome dad who knows her so well and knew that something was up with her. I felt so helpless not being there but thankfully, his mom was able to go to the ER with them.

V had blood drawn and had a catheter put in so they could test her urine and Ronnie and his mom were basically traumatized seeing her go through that. More importantly, V was traumatized by it all - she screams now when laid down on the changing table and I'm sure it'll take her a while to forget about her time there.

The results showed she had a UTI which is actually really rare for a baby under 1 year old. They monitored her, she napped and her fever finally went down by the time she'd woken up (that's the picture I was texted below :). Finally after an awful few hours, they were discharged and sent home with antibiotics.

This week we followed up with the pediatrician who told us because UTI's are so rare in babies, she's worried V may have a urinary tract reflux problem. She explained it to us as her urinary tract might be floppy (for lack of a better word) which can cause the urine to reflux its way back up causing infection. I read up a little on this problem and it can cause kidney infections, kidney scarring and in bad cases, renal failure. Of course we're not jumping to conclusions here but we are going to have to take her in for further testing to see if it's just a random one time UTI (hopefully!) or if it's an actual problem that needs to be monitored.

Til then, she's feeling good and has no idea what's going on and for that, I am so thankful. She's occupied with giggling fits, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse watching, playing with her toys and having her annoying mom take pics of her in all the Halloween outfits her grandmas have given her :)

I'm not sure when we're taking her in for testing yet but that's something we'll set up today when she sees the pediatrician again. So if you don't mind, please keep her in your thoughts, we'd so appreciate it! And if any of y'all have any knowledge/advice on the issue, I'd love to hear it!