Submitted by Mike on Tue, 05/20/2008 – 3:53pm.

Well, Brandon has a urinary tract/kidney infection (again). They have sent him home on oral antibiotics. His ultrasound’s showed that urine is backing up into the transplanted kidney and they do not believe the bladder is functioning properly. They want us to bring him back in tomorrow for more labs and to meet with the urology team. This infection was very severe and they are not sure what if any damage has been done to the transplanted kidney. They are thinking about doing another voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) in which a catheter is placed into the urethra and the bladder is filled with a liquid that can be seen on x-rays. Brandon must be restrained during this test because they can’t give any pain med’s and he goes bananas! Another option is to do surgery. This is a last resort as far as Mike and I are concerned!! They would be re-opening his stomach and re-routing his ureter into his bladder. (NO THANKS!!) As for now he is starting to feel better and is glad to be home. We have not told him yet that he has to do blood work tomorrow his poor arm’s are black & blue. Not sure where they will attempt to stick him- not too many places left!!