Elijah's catheter was removed today! It was supposed to be removed for five hours and then replaced. However, Elijah surprised us all by urinating normally while it was out. When they did the bladder scan, he had only a small amount of residual. The doctor said he fully expects to see us return in less than a week and need to replace it, but I'll take a reprieve for now.
In two weeks, we have an appointment for another scan and a catheter clean out at a minimum.
We are also ordering a watch for a Elijah that will remind him to use the potty on a strict schedule. If he begins to retain again, we are to take him immediately back in.
Despite my pushing, the urologist was not willing to order the MRI. But I was pleased with his reasoning. He said that if he ordered the MRI and it did not show a tethered cord, we might not get a real evaluation from the nuerosurgeon. He feels strongly that it is nuerologically based and would like to pursue that further. At the very least it is the left over side effect of the original tethered cord.
Thank you for your prayers, we'll rest well enjoying this short break!
(In the picture you can see the cath bag tied to his ankle-this was so my mom could see how big it was.)
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