If u happened to chance upon this blog entry and don’t get a clue as to what I am writing about, then you must have missed my previous entry, you might want to have a read at this post.

Okay, I know it has been sometime since my las entry. Sorry for the delay and as what Jasmine has said very pek chek ah…cos’ no follow-up on the second opinion thingy.

After our episode with the consultant @ KK and having heard from my GP on her personal experience with her son’s UTI episode, and we do not want to see lil’ Kayden having to take the yucky antibiotic for the next 3 mths and have diarrhea every other day…and then napy rashes like for as long as he is on this med. before he goes back for a REVIEW (really look look see see only hor…ok and some questions..?) again. So we didn’t want to waste any time and subject him to too much antibiotic…we decided to seek for a 2nd opinion from another paed (@ Mt A) as recommended by my GP. The one which Kayden was assigned to (@ birth) ..its earliest appointment available is in July! O.M.G….what’s the diff.

So about 2 weeks ago, we brought Kayden to the this neonate specialist. Well…I must say he was very diplomatic with his answer and didn’t want to offend any consultant’s practice persay…so he suggested to us to skip the DMSA procedure and conduct the MCU procedure. In short, in this instance the former’s purpose is to find out if there is any scarring to the kidneys..as a result of the UTI, then if there is then the consultant will go on and order the MCU procedure. As for the latter, its purpose is to find out if there is any reflux of the urine in the urinary system, which is one of the possible causes for UTIs.  Well, these docs has different school of thoughts and practice lah…so the paed felt that it is most important to find out the root cause of the UTI and get it treated a.s.a.p, so he suggested that Kayden undergoes the MCU procedure, which we felt that that is a more appropriate way, BUT its is an invasive procedure. Well..having weighing all the pros n cons, we have to let him give it a go…and get a piece of mind.

p.s : I must say there is no right or wrong in each of the docs’ clinical practice, it is just that we want to find the root cause of the problem or rather eliminate any possible causes of the problem, soonest possible. I hate to see lil’ Kayden suffering ..

Anyway, on the same week and on the fateful Saturday, early early morning we brought Kayden for the MCU procedure. He needs to fast for 3 hrs (b4 the procedure) and while waiting for his turn at the x-ray diagnostic dept. one nice Sister came by and passed me a syringe of oral sedative. What!!! I need to put my son to sleep …????!!!! So that they can conduct the procedure on him without much resistant from him…since it is invasive…

Wah say it really pains me to force the sedative down his throat….as he cries …(it reeks of alcohol…)..and with stares from people around me…(but seriously I couldn’t be bother or care). Shortly after 5 minutes, with some struggling and crying…he fell asleep..soundly…and I handed him over to the Sister..and my heart sank. Call me an emotional freak…but it really pains me and tears are rolling down my cheeks when I had to force him drink the sedative and then struggling to sleep…At that moment I felt like a wicked mother poisoning my son…(what an imagination!). I am glad he woke up after the procedure…for milk..and then was drowsy the whole day…..

Ok so..we got like 1 1/2 hr of time…to wait for the result, so to kill our time we went for our breakfast and tour a bit of the hospital ..actually is to look for the nursing room lah…The moment we got the x-ray result, we headed back to the paed’s clinic and await for the final judgement. Phew….we were so glad to hear that his MCU result was negative…no reflux was observed…

Well …yeah..we are really happy to hear that one possible cause has been eliminated….but then what is the cause of his UTI??? Especially when it was coupled with high fever and convulsion??? Or isit just a one-off incident??? Now…there are more mind-boggling questions…I am still searching for an answer….or should I just let it be and sweep the matter under the carpet…and hoping that he will be fine from now on????? Shoudl we go back to KK and see what the consultant has to say????

We are keeping our fingers crossed….