{"id":41,"date":"2024-01-08T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/?p=41"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:32:55","slug":"eastons-story-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/2024\/01\/08\/eastons-story-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Easton’s Story – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You all know Easton needs a kidney transplant but do you know why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easton was diagnosed with Bladder Outlet Obstruction at 18 weeks gestation. Bladder outlet obstruction, also known as lower urinary tract obstruction, is a rare birth defect. In this condition, there is a partial or complete blockage (obstruction) in the urethra, the tube that allows the bladder to empty into the amniotic sac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easton\u2019s mom Ashlee underwent two Vesicoamniotic Shunt Surgeries to save Easton\u2019s life <\/a>and preserve any kidney function left in utero. This is done by using ultrasonographic guidance and color-flow Doppler, a large hollow needle is inserted into the mother’s uterus and into the baby’s bladder. A shunt (small tube) is passed through the opening created to allow the flow of urine from the bladder into the amniotic sac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the surgeries were successful the amount of urine caused Easton to be diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease before birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo of Ashlee while Pregnant with Easton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo of Brett and Ashlee while Pregnant with Easton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You all know Easton needs a kidney transplant but do you know why? Easton was diagnosed with Bladder Outlet Obstruction at 18 weeks gestation. Bladder outlet obstruction, also known as lower urinary tract obstruction, is a rare birth defect. In this condition, there is a partial or complete blockage (obstruction) in the urethra, the tube […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1764,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforeaston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}