No more!!

When Josiah was six months old we discovered that he had Vesicoureteral Reflux. He was then put on daily medicine to prevent UTI. On Friday we found out he has outgrown it and therefore, no more medicine. YAY!! This is a story from Josiah's website (from his perspective) about when he was first diagnosed:

September 19, 2006 - We went to Children's Hospital in St. Louis to get tests on my urinary tract today. The first thing they did was to take me into this dark room. They put me on a table and put some goop on my stomach. The nurse then put some instrument on my stomach and an image was projected onto a machine. From what I overheard they were looking at my kidneys. Then after we waiting for a little while we went into another room. This time it wasn't as easy. Everyone in the room including Mommy and Daddy were wearing these thick aprons and I was naked on the table. Why don't I get a thick apron?? Daddy was holding my arms while the doctor inserted a catheter. They put some liquid into my bladder and then everyone waited for me to pee it out. They wanted to see if everything was functioning the way it is supposed to. Mommy tells me I did a very good job. I only cried one time. We are supposed to get the test results any day. (Note: We got the test results back and it was determined that I have a reflux problem in which urine comes back into my ureter tubes toward my kidneys. The doctor said I could grow out of it but it might take 3 to 4 years. In the mean time I am on medicine everyday.)

The last two times he had the test were quite a bit more challenging. And since the test on Friday, he hasn't gone potty in the toilet once. We have decided not to push it for a few days because he says it hurts. Today we threw away his medicine. It was quite exciting. On a side note, I have something in the works for Josiah's website, so stay tuned.