What a Day........

Friday was a day that was not planned. Averi had a terrible night Thursday night, and I knew that something just was not right. Off to the doctor we went. Saw Dr. Guidroz at 8:45 am, at first I was told that she had a small drip and when she was leaving I asked her about the vitamin that Averi was taking and her urine smelling. Well needless to say they had nothing to do with each other. Averi had another infection. Well as a mother going thru seven long months of this I got very upset for Averi. Call Dr. Ortenburg and did not receive any answers so at 2:00pm we headed for New Orleans. Dr. Ortenburg saw us at 6:15pm and stated that Averi's body is getting an infection because of the stint. He ran another culture and sent us down for an X-Ray. Culture shows that she has a large amount of white blood cells along with a pretty bad infection. X-Ray showed that stint has made a 90 degree turn in the top of her kidney which was not put in like that. Dr. Ortenburg stated that it was time for the stint to be removed. The infection from the stint is not a common thing, has happened before to previous patients but on rare occasions. I am going to call in the morning to get the surgery moved up. Please, Please, Please pray that the surgery has worked and the swelling of the kidney has gone down. Once the stint is removed, an ultrasound will be ran, don't know how long Dr. Ortenburg will wait to do that, to see how the left kidney looks. Please continue to pray for a great report regarding the kidney.
Its so amazing how Averi responds to all of this, she is such an amazing little trooper. She try's so hard to always have a smile on her face! As a mom its so hard to see all of this going on but on the other hand Brad and I are so blessed to have such a wonderful, precious little girl!