I took Ebony to see Professor Dewan (her Urologist) today and told him that she had the wet nappy the other night where its supposed to be wet, and he was just as happy about it as me!
He said that this means he can now close her vesicostomy as it means that her bladder has started working on its own again.
We have to go back and see him at his clinic in Geelong on 15 October so that we can go about organising getting her booked into hospital so that he can perform the surgery to reverse the vesicostomy, and also do the bilateral ureteric reimplantation.
He originally told me before she had her vesicostomy operation that once she was old enough, it could be reversed and I would have to catheterise her myself 4 times a day to drain her bladder manually. However, when I asked him about it today he said that as long as everything goes well, I shouldn't have to do that now because the bladder is now starting to work on its own again.
YIPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sooooooo happy!!!
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I just got a google alert on my computer to your blog. I am so glad for Ebony and your family that her bladder is working again. I have only read your latest entry so I don't know what started her urinary issues.
My daughter, Annabel is 5 years old. She had a bilateral ureteral reimplantations done when she was 16 months old. She was in Gr. 5 reflux and now doesn't show sign of any urinary reflux. I have had to cath her sometimes up to every 3 hours. She has neurogenic bladder/bowel. She has had two dilations to help the flow of her urine. Annabel was born with full Trisomy 18. Annabel's site is www.annabelgrace.blogspot.com
I will continue to read more about your family and what lead to the vesicostomy.
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