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17 years ago
Commission Prices - http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/854880/ Well I've had a lot on my mind this weekend...
My sister drove into town with her 4 almost 5yr old daughter to my Mother's house, whom lives about an hour and a half away from where I'm at. My niece then started complaining that her butt was hurting, there was no sign of rash, so they took her to the closest hospital.
The doctors apparently said there were 3 possibilities, Kidney Infection, Appendicitis, or a problem with her bowels which were backed up and probably causing the pain my niece was describing. These, while fully curable and good that we caught them, lead my mother to believe that this could be all caused by Spina Bifida (Just look it up if you're curious, there's many varying degrees to it, and this would probably be a lesser one since we haven't caught it yet in her.)
Now why I'm upset at this diagnosis is that my sister, brother, and I all have a genetic form of Spina Bifida, I believe we were the 10th or so reported case back in the 1980's of this at least in the USA so this is very rare to find. This also means the three of us run a roughly 50% chance of passing it onto our children. The three of us had to go through a lot of back surgeries to 'cure' the problem when we were my niece's age.
Then yesterday my mother called back in the afternoon, the CAT scan came back, or it may have been an MRI, either way the doctors are now worried about spinal tethering, and I have yet to get another phone call over what's happening.
I also am worried about my sister, since she yelled at my Mother for pushing these tests, but I'm sure this is just her defense mechanism in these situations is to be angry to not show herself.
My mother always says I'm lucky, but right now I want to pass my luck onto my niece but can't do anything but sit and wait for updates.
My sister drove into town with her 4 almost 5yr old daughter to my Mother's house, whom lives about an hour and a half away from where I'm at. My niece then started complaining that her butt was hurting, there was no sign of rash, so they took her to the closest hospital.
The doctors apparently said there were 3 possibilities, Kidney Infection, Appendicitis, or a problem with her bowels which were backed up and probably causing the pain my niece was describing. These, while fully curable and good that we caught them, lead my mother to believe that this could be all caused by Spina Bifida (Just look it up if you're curious, there's many varying degrees to it, and this would probably be a lesser one since we haven't caught it yet in her.)
Now why I'm upset at this diagnosis is that my sister, brother, and I all have a genetic form of Spina Bifida, I believe we were the 10th or so reported case back in the 1980's of this at least in the USA so this is very rare to find. This also means the three of us run a roughly 50% chance of passing it onto our children. The three of us had to go through a lot of back surgeries to 'cure' the problem when we were my niece's age.
Then yesterday my mother called back in the afternoon, the CAT scan came back, or it may have been an MRI, either way the doctors are now worried about spinal tethering, and I have yet to get another phone call over what's happening.
I also am worried about my sister, since she yelled at my Mother for pushing these tests, but I'm sure this is just her defense mechanism in these situations is to be angry to not show herself.
My mother always says I'm lucky, but right now I want to pass my luck onto my niece but can't do anything but sit and wait for updates.
Kyera Angelus
~eradragon
Oh dear... just looked it up... all I can say is I hope for the best for your niece... I mean if the 3 of you could manage... there's a chance that she can as well.
SourIstas
~souristas
OP
Thanks for the hope sweetie, you and Summy both! Got an update last night while at dinner with my sister, she says that there was nothing bad with the internal stuff that required anything huge to fix and my niece was able to leave the hospital yesterday. There was a problem they found along her spine I think she said it was around the L2 area, perhaps a cyst, or could be nothing, but nothing major else there would have been an impact by now. There's still a chance, but if it was SB that low, there would be much more serious complications. My sister is going to be taking her daughter into an actual children's hospital near where I live next week to get the tests done, since they were in a Rural ER, not equipped for surgeries on children. Keep your fingers crossed with me for a lil longer!
Kyera Angelus
~eradragon
I shall then, cause I hope 2009 will bring her a bright future.
Summer
~summer
My thoughts and best wishes will be for you and yours. I sincerly hope everything works for the better.
SourIstas
~souristas
OP
If you want an update sweetie, look up at the reply to Era ^.^
