Testing Results

Yesterday had to be one of the hardest days of our lives as parents. To see your child so scared and in so much pain is absolutely heartbreaking. It was a very long day. It started off with Brielle getting an iv in her right arm to have it not work and have to get one in her left arm..poor girl! Then she had to have a catheter which had to be done 2-3 times before it worked. So needless to say Brielle was exhausted at this point from crying so hard she fell asleep in my arms. We then proceeded to the test which took an hour, but she did pretty good because she was tired and got to watch a movie :) Once that was over we went to meet Dr. Cain the Pediatric Urologist. We found out some very upsetting news....Brielle has to have surgery. He believes her problem is a birth defect that developed in the womb and is not hereditary. All the info he gave us is rather confusing and he said that the easiest way to describe it is her "plumbing" isn't working correctly and we need to fix it. If left untreated she will continue to have infections and eventually lose all function of that kidney. So there was no thinking about what to do...she will have surgery. It is scheduled for December 10th at noon and she will be in the hospital for 2-3 days. It is very scary and we are not looking forward to it, but we are putting it in God's hands and we know he will take care of her :) Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers and just continue to pray for her!

On our way to the hospital....doesn't have a clue what she is going to go through!!

On our way home....totally exhausted!!