Ultrasound and Urine Analysis

[Anonymous]

I talked the GI this afternoon. Harry is still having major symptoms, screaming/crying/uncomfy all day, arching & crunching w/ bottles, loose stool, terrible diaper rash, and very few very short naps. She suggested we switch from rice to oatmeal to thicken (I may try ordering simply thick and cut out the whole cereal factor), and she’s sending us a fax with the request for an ultrasound and a urine analysis. Has anyone else had this done on their little one? She mentioned wanting to make sure the kidneys are ok…

[Anonymous]

Well, it is rare (and I’m not sure this is what is in your docs head) but Carter had a UTI and they thought kidney reflux when in the NICU. They did the urinalysis and ultrasound on his kidneys then but found nothing, just the UTI in his urinalysis…… I think they called it a VCUG test when they ultrasounded the kidneys? can’t remember now, but not sure if that has anything to do with regular reflux? maybe she is just ruling out other causes for pain?

[Anonymous]

I’ll bet it’s just to rule things out. When Evie was about 10 weeks, I had to bring her in for a cranial ultrasound to see if there was some other reason that she was crying. Of course, it came back fine. Can I make a suggestion on naps? Only b/c I have the same issue w/ the cat naps which I think are a contributer to Madden’s crabbiness. I put a heating pad on HIGH on the bed. Once I rock him to sleep, I remove the heating pad and put him on it, on his belly. I know, belly=so bad, but it really helps him sleep. Then I will put a blanket on top of him, the heating pad on low on top of that, then I just wait 5 minutes and remove it. This has been working really well for a 3 hr. midday nap. Forgive me if you’ve “tried everything” just wanted to share that I thought we had tried it all too and this ended up working. . (for now!)

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