NEED MORE TIME

Jonah usually needs more time than typical kiddos to accomplish milestones and tasks.

I guess Jonah's left kidney is following that pattern also.

Today's ultrasound shows little improvement from the September one which showed little improvement from the April one.

However, the doctor is hopeful.  He sees improvement in today's ultrasound that the radiologist didn't indicate on his report.  

It's his opinion that Jonah's body is just going to take more time to reduce the size of the left kidney.  

So we continue on a 2 hour voiding schedule, continue on the medication to help with voiding muscle control, and continue with the daily antibiotic- for another 6 months.

The doctor is not having us come back in 3 months because he feels that would be too soon since he feels this is going to be a slow process.  

If at 6 months, there is still little to no improvement, then he might pursue a renal test that would check kidney flow.  

Jonah already had a renal scan last fall to check renal function, and his left kidney contributes to 41% of his renal function which is good (usually kidneys are a 50/50 split).

So not good news because this kidney saga is still not over, but good news in that the doctor seems hopeful we are on going in the right direction, just very slowly.  

I'm glad the doctor warned me the ultrasound report would sound worse than the doctor's impressions.  Report states: 

"Persistent severe SFU grade 4 [most severe grade] left hydronephrosis."  

Yikes...