Valentines Day

Gramma Lori got Johanna some leggings for Christmas. I thought they were perfect for today!Fiona had to come check and see what all the fuss was.They are going to be such great pals!Who doesn't love a picture of baby feet?Since it was Valentine's Day, Jeff agreed to trying to take a family photo with our tripod and remote.It was impossible to take a good photo with Johanna looking up, she just didn't know what was going on.She was much more interested in what Fiona was doing in front of her.Maybe kisses from Mom and Dad will wake her out of her trance...There! We got a face!

Keeping with tradition, Johanna had to pay a visit to a Doctor on a holiday. This time it was a scheduled appointment :) We met with a pediatric urologist. Before she was able to meet with him, we needed to have a renal ultrasound done. After we finished that (it was very quick and easy) we headed up to meet with the specialist. After he reviewed the video he met with us. Turns out he graded her reflux as a I... woo hoo! So we are now the lowest grade on a five scale ranking. We are on our way to it no longer being there at all. She will still be on a very low dose of antibiotic (primsol) for the following year. I told the Doctor that I had concerns of her being on a long term antibiotic, but he did ease my worries. He explained that the primsol was just a preventative for bad bacteria from multiplying, it was not an antibiotic that treated something that had already occurred. She will never form a resistance to an antibiotic that will be used later in life to treat an infection i.e. penicillin, amoxicillan, etc. It shouldn't affect her intestional flora, but when she is a little older I will still make sure she is eating some yogurt every day. Since there are no indicators of infection for little ones but high fever we will need to pay special attention to Johanna over the next year. If she ever comes down with a high fever with out any explanation she will need to have her urine tested.

So it was good news in my opinion; her reflux is even smaller than we thought and she doesn't have to see the urologist for another year!