Rachel's Latest Appointment

Yesterday (Monday, January 11), Rachel had a "routine" appointment with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. About every 4-6 months, we take her to the Spina Bifida clinic down there. If Rachel needs any testing done, it occurs in the morning, and then all afternoon, we sit in one room and her many doctors visit her to see how she is progressing.

A year ago, Rachel underwent all of her Urology testing. Everything seems to be working well, but we need to check just to be sure. That is not something that we want to miss. So, in the morning, she had a renal sonogram, an X-ray of her bladder/ kidney area, and then some blood work done.

Even though we have no reason to doubt and Rachel has not had any urological problems, I always get a bit nervous. There certainly COULD be a problem. But, thank God, all of her tests came back clear, and we don not need to see Urology until next January.

All of her other appointments went well; Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine do not want to see her for another six months.

And, we got in and out (including the tests in the morning) in about 4 hours. That's NEVER happened! Usually we are there about 8 hours.

Thanks God for a great day!!!