Under The Weather & Kidneys

The boys have been a little under the weather since Saturday. I was certain that Jason had an ear infection because he has been SO fussy and up all hours of the night. As for little man, he hasn't been too miserable other than a bit of a runny nose. Well I was wrong. I took the boys to the doctor yesterday mainly for Jason and while I was there I had Reece checked out too. Jason was fine other than a little sinus drainage. Reece however has a double ear infection. I would have never of guessed!
In other news I received some clarification in regards to the MRI and ultrasound we had done earlier this month ordered by genetics. I had posted about this that we were told that the MRI came back clear and the ultrasound for the kidneys was fine other than Reece has one horseshoe shaped kidney. When we got the call the nurse made it sound like it was no big deal at all and when you come into the office again we can answer any questions you may have yadda yadda ya. So yesterday when we were back in the office our doctor was going over the report and clarified that he has one horseshoe shaped kidney. By one they mean that literally he has one functioning kidney (not two) and it’s oddly shaped. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE KNOWN WHEN THEY CALLED! Oh well...so what does that mean? For Reece right now it means nothing. Basically his left kidney is horseshoe shaped, but functioning properly without any known blockage. As for his right, it is present but too small to function. The doctor said that there is nothing to worry about at this point, but down the road it would be advised that he not play any contact sports because if his left kidney was injured he would go into renal failure and would need a transplant (who ultimately would probably come from Jason if one wasn't available...but I don't even want to talk about that because its not an issue right now.) Anyway that is that and it is what it is. When I told family some were very supportive and others made it seem like without football, baseball and basketball he was doomed. Give me a break! There are plenty of other activities for him to take part in and the beautiful aspect to it all is he is still healthy and will live a fairly normal life.
So for now we are battling the cold. Let's hope it goes away soon so we can start sleeping through the night again. Haha is that selfish?