The hospital we go

So back in May when we were camping, Bridget got a bladder infection. We waited it out as long as we could until we felt like bad parents. We took her into the insta-care. They ended up having to use a catheter to collect a urine sample, and gave us an antibiotic to give her for the next ten days. Things cleared up and she seamed to be a lot happier.

With her Birthday, she had to go in for her 12 month appointment. Doc asked about the noted visit to the insta-care and was pretty upset that they didn't do a follow up test thing with her. So he scheduled an appointment with the Radiology department in the Hospital For Aug. 1st.

When we went, we were both pretty clueless of why it was so necessary that we needed to do this 3 months later, when Bridget had been fine this whole time!
We waited about twenty minuted, and then they called us back to have an ultrasound done on her bladder. That procedure took about 10 or 15 minutes, then they sent us back out to the waiting room for almost an hour before they called us back for X-rays!
When we went back to the room... (still clueless) the girl doing the X-rays asks if we know why we were there. FINALLY! She mentioned that usually with children who tend to have bladder infection(s) may have some sort of a leak in the bladder where the urine escapes and goes to the kidneys, so they were going to have to put a catheter in her again (with an empty stomach) fill her bladder with fluid, and X-ray her as she pee's it out to watch for any "leaks".

We had to hold her down and still for about 5 minutes. I felt like the mom from Haiti's! She was screaming bloody murder the whole time!

After we left the hospital Josh told her that he would get her some ice-cream... (why is it that ice-cream is always the "soothing" food?) She fell asleep on the way home.

Later that afternoon the Dr.'s office called and said she had no problems and everything seemed to be fine. I was a little upset for an unnecessary appointment and a huge DR. bill!

Poor little girl! :(