Sooo....I had taken Isabella to the ER right after Thanksgiving. She had been having fevers the entire week following Thanksgiving, and it had finally hit 104.7, and since it was past doctor visit times, we went to the ER. We had been to the doctor twice during the week, and they checked for strep and ear infections, and both were negative. So finally once we went to the ER, we found that she had a UTI. Apparently with UTIs that include fevers in infants, they want to to 2 studies, which included an ultrasound and Xray watching her pee (they were looking for reflux). We got her results back this week and it turns out she does have reflux, and she has it pretty severely. So we are scheduled to see a pediatric urologist on December 30th in Hershey. She has to remain on an antibiotic indefinitely, and will be monitored by the urologist (I'm guessing we'll be making multiple trips to Hershey for the next few months) in hopes that she will grow out of this. If she doesn't grow out of it, the next step will be surgery to correct it. We'll get more information at her appointment as far as how long the monitoring will last, when decisions like that would be made, etc, etc. and I will obviously write to keep everyone posted. Until then, we're just praying that she will out grow it and we can move on!
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