This afternoon our mackerdoodle had a battery of tests. The first - an ultrasound - only disturbed my girl insofar as they wanted her to lie down. As it was not nap time, she was not lying on her own bed, and she wasn’t nursing, she considered it completely unacceptable to be lying down. Once she was permitted to sit up, she very calmly allowed them to probe any part of her skin they wanted to.
In x-ray, however, we had a different situation.
The VCUG began with a catheter, which she handled very well. It looked as if she understood that this was a big deal, and she put her brave face on. They then filled her bladder with a clear liquid in order to determine if her urine is backwashing into her kidneys. Good News: it’s not.
Then they removed the catheter to test if she is completely voiding her bladder. No news on that front, as she became angry at being forced to lie down once more on her back for no purpose, and cried so hard that every part of her tensed up, and not one drop escaped the little bladder. She cried and cried and cried while we waited for her to pee, and there was NOTHING I could do about it. The result was an “inconclusive” on the bladder issue.
We have a follow-up appointment on Thursday, and I expect the pediatrician to suspend further testing unless the mackerdoodle gets another UTI. At least, that’s what I hope will happen, and I’m praying we’ll never have another reason to have that test repeated.
