Followup

I just wanted to let everyone know how things are going with McKenzie, and Grandparents. In February McKenzie had her Kindergarten check up appointment, where they found blood in her urine. They thought it might be a possible UTI. The first came back negative, and so I kind of freaked out because blood in the urine is hereditary in Matt's family. I wanted to be sure. So the Doctor has us come in again to retest. They found blood again. The test came back negative again. The doctor wanted to do some more tests, so he has us go to Primary children's hospital to get Kenzies blood drawn, and do a urine sample, and a 24 hr. urine sample. Lovely. McKenzie did beautifully! She was so brave when getting her blood drawn, she barely even winced when they stuck her with the needle. She was all into it! Totally amazed!!! Such a better experience than what I had to go through with madisynn.
The 24 hr urine sample was easier than I thought it would be. Kenzie had fun, she thought that she had to pee in a cup for the rest of her life. Silly girl. When she was done with the 24 hr sample, she comes and says mom I have to potty and goes to get the cup. I hurry and stop her,, and say you don't have to use the cup anymore. She was disappointed, but she got over it pretty quick. So moving along the Doctor calls back a few days or more later to tell me the tests all came back normal, and that the next step was to do a renal ultrasound. She had the ultrasound on Friday and did great! The doctors that checked her said everything looked good, but to followup with McKenzie's Doctor. He called me back yesterday and said things are normal, but to schedule another appointment in 3 months to followup on everything. I'm so glad everything came back normal!!!
Last week I was able to go and visit my Grandpa Kotter, and my Grandpa and Grandma Zollinger. It was hard to see my Grandpa Kotter looking so frail, and hurting. I'm glad we were able to stop by for a little bit and help him get ready to go to a doctors appointment. I was able to make him some cookies my friend Shaina's Oatmeal butterscotch cookies. I hope he liked them. I know we did! Thanks Shaina for the recipe! Visiting my G & G Zollinger was really nice. We were there for almost an hr and a half! They spoiled the girls with there Bingo winnings! It was comforting to be able to go see in person how they were doing. I know they aren't doing great, but they are hanging in there.
My grandma is amazing you know she is hurting, but she never voices it. Grandpa every breath, you can tell he is hurting. He voices it more than grandma, but that's OK. My hat is off to anybody that has to go through that much pain, and be alive. Wow. I wish that we could have Gone to visit my Grandma Kotter in the hospital, but she wasn't ready for visitors at that time. She is ready for them now, and I want to go see her soon without the kiddos. She is doing remarkably well. I really didn't think she was going to make it through this whole ordeal. She is very lucky. I'm just sorry that she is in an incredible amount of pain still. Any kind of open surgery is very painful. I'm so glad she is here with us still! Thanks for your thoughts and comments. =)