Henry's Kidneys

Henry had another UTI. He got it a few days before we were to leave on our Arizona/California trip. He started vomiting, and he spiked a fever of 103. At first I was worried it was a bug that was going to rip through our family and postpone our trip. It only took a day to see that Henry's "sickness" was all too familiar, and looked very much like the previous Urinary infections he's had before. (Henry is prone to infection; he was born with his kidney-plumbing a little off.)

What was weird is he went into the hospital that morning for a routine ultrasound on his kidneys, and that night he came down with the infection. It had been about 6 months since his last one. He has had a total of 3 UTI's. He has had surgery to try and help prevent infection.

After watching his symptoms for a while, I decided we better go to the ER to remedy his infection. I went in and told the staff in the ER what I thought it was, but the doctor thought maybe he had an ear infection or something, because his ear was a little red. I was pretty darn sure he had a UTI, and I kept repeating myself, and sure enough... the test came back positive.

They pumped him full of fluids and antibiotics, and they sent us home with a prescription. He slowly got better, but he was pretty out of it for a few days. We had to delay or trip just a day to allow him time to heal.

What is weird is right before we went on our Thanksgiving trip last year, we went to the ER with William, who had a leg infection. See that post: HERE.

Sometimes life is just strange?

Henry was a champ the whole time. He knows the hospital routine.

 He was so out of it, poor little guy.

 He is doing much better now.

Life is never dull.