An Update on Caelum's Test

Yesterday was a day I wish to never have or relive again!  Gramm's came up to go with Caelum and I to his radiology appointments (Renal Scan and VCUG.)  We knew he was getting a catheter inserted and and IV placed.  We arrived at 0830 for the placement of everything in which got pushed back to 1200 so  he would not have to have a catheter in for such a long time since one test was at 0930 and the other at 1330.  So I was thankful for that.  So we went to the mall to hang out and eat a snack before heading back.  We got back to the Peds clinic 30 minutes early and Caelum had pottied when we got there.  We went back for the placement of IV and cath.  The IV went in on first try and was flushing nicely.  They inserted the cath and had no urine output.  So I said he did have something to drink about 45 minutes ago and did just go to the bathroom about 30 minutes ago.  So they said ok and then took us up to Nuclear medicine.  We got there and Nucelar Medicine Techs said, he has no urine coming out of his cath and seemed a little concerned.  So they called one of their doctors and they gave the ok to proceed on with his testing as the doctor said if he pees it will just go around the cath and exit like normal.  So they proceeded on in which he had to lay still on the bed for 30 minutes after they gave him Lasix (which makes you pee) and the nuclear medicine.  I did give him some Benadryl as he did not want to lay down, so he finally passed out for only about 10 minutes and they had to strap him down on the table to try to help him lay still.  They finished up with their test and he still had no urine output in his catheter.  They took us over to another department in Radiology for the VCUG.  The Pediatric Radiologist came in and looked at that catheter and became concerned as there was no urine.  He attempted to inject some fluid in the catheter but had resistance. So he then injected some contrast in so it would show up as to where the catheter was.  The catheter was in his Urethra and not his bladder.  And if you don't know much about catheters, some have balloons you inflate once it is in place  to help hold catheter up in bladder.  So the catheter was in his urethra and inflated.  The Radiologist deflated catheter and pulled it out and the blood came gushing out.  We got Caelum down and took him to the bathroom and tried to let him pee on his own.  And he tried and tried and could not go, just blood was dripping out.  We got him dressed with gauze in his undies and the Radiologist called the Urologist that is here on base.  He came up and tried cathing him at least 15 times with no luck and blood is everywhere.  As they had to get his urine out.  The plan was to cath him and he go home with a cath since his urethra had been slit from the original catheter. Him going home with a catheter in place will give his urethra time to heal.  Thankfully at one point he "peed" out a huge blood clot that went all over a few people.  Then a little bit later, he finally was able to pee on his own in which was a ton of urine.  So they finally released us to go home and keep an eye on him.
SOOOO Thankful Gramm's was here, as I would not have made it through the day without her.Today, I went into work and Caelum is staying home with Gramm's.  Gramm's was supposed to go home yesterday after the test, but thankfully has stayed to help out in case an ER visit is needed.  Gramm's said he has been a bit clingy today and a little tired, laying around a lot (which is NOT like him.)  But I know he is exhausted from all the trauma yesterday.  He has been peeing some and Gramm's has had to pull out the bribing tools to get him to go.  He is really scared to pee now because it hurts a lot.  But he has been a big trooper.
If Gramm's only knows how much of a life saver she has been to us!!!  And Praises to God for letting us lean on Him during all of this

So we just are asking for prayers that Caelum's Urethra heals and he has no side affects in his future from this.  And pray that he will just pee, he only peed 2 times today as he is so scared to pee.

We will go on Tuesday to follow up with his Urologist on the one test that was able to be accomplished and check on the status of his trauma.