Evan's Sickly Adventures!

For all of you that do not know, we took Evan to a pediatric surgeon about a week ago to have his belly button looked at. Since he was about 2 1/2 - 3 months old, his belly button has leaked a little fluid/crusted over. I didn't think much of it, but once he turned 5 months I started looking into it. I knew something was wrong, but his pediatrician told me it was nothing to worry about and that it was just his diaper rubbing his skin and causing irritation. I was never really a huge fan of this pediatrician, so I decided to switch him to the base doctor. 


For his 6 month check-up, I mentioned to Dr. Shoemaker that his belly button has been leaking fluid for a little over 3 months, so he looked into it further. We had an ultrasound done to see if there was a connection between his belly button and his bladder that could be causing the leaking, but the results came back normal. But his belly button was STILL leaking… so we were referred to a pediatric surgeon to see if they could give us some answers. 


After meeting with the surgeon, he wanted to have some tests done to make sure he didn't have a urachal fistula. A urachal fistula is a free connection between his bladder and his belly button. If he did have this, then he would have to have surgery to close the connection. 

We had the first test done today, it is called a VCUG (voiding cystourethrogram). What they do is insert a catheter and fill his bladder with a dye and wait for him to pee to see if any of the dye travels through to his belly button. If this happens… then they know that the connection is open and surgery will need to be performed to close that connection. Today we went in and had to undress Evan and place him on a board that is about 7" wide. They then strapped his legs and chest down to begin the procedure. Everyone was SUPER nice, but the tech tried twice to put the catheter in (while Evan was screaming) but failed to get it into his bladder. So, they called for another doctor to come in to see if they could insert it in. Luckily, the third time is a charm and they were able to get the catheter in all the way. The last step is to insert a dye into his bladder and wait for him to release that dye. It took only a few seconds before he began to pee. It was over! Finally we could pick him up and comfort him after all that. I asked the tech what they found and said that it looked normal but they are going to look it over and send the final report over to his doctor. 

So we will know for sure on Tuesday when we go in for an ultrasound and meet with his doctor. 

These are some pictures I took today, he is such a strong boy… like his Daddy!

He sure was "Strong like Daddy!"

(Thank you Great Aunt Vicki and Uncle Doug for my outfit!)

And to top it off, Evan had an ear infection!! This pooooorrr baby! He just can't win. 

But when they went to treat his ear infection with amoxicillin, he had an allergic reaction. :( 

This is the rash he had all over his body. It started around his neck and spread over his back and stomach. 

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But he is handling all this VERY well!

Some random pictures of Evan.

Enjoy...

Mommy was messing with my hair, what do ya think?

Very…. poofy?

Our sick, but very good boy! :)

Thanks for stopping by! 

We will keep you posted on what the results are!

Love,

The Winter's