Coming on Tuesday: Ureterocele relief & MRI results

Today Nora had an MRI on her brain and spine.

Her medical team is keeping an eye on a lot of different systems within 0ur little girl because she has symptoms of VATER syndrome. The acronym represents anomalies in the patients' Vertebral, Anal, Tracheo-Esophageal and Renal systems. The A is fairly mild at this point and only presents as a shortened perineum, which is merely cosmetic and will be repaired as an outpatient surgery in the future. The T & E was repaired on her birth day.

The R has taken the form of a Uretercele, which is basically a pouch in the wall of her bladder that prevents free urine flow. There is also a duplicated removal system from the kidney to the bladder which can 'back up" and cause infection. Tomorrow the urology team will make an endoscopic incision in the pouch, so there is no reflux. This too will be repaired at a later date with an outpatient procedure.

That leaves us with the V. We will have the MRI results tomorrow.

Our thoughts are with our little one tonight.