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My daughter came home with a UTI. If your child is under two and has a UTI, don't be surprised, after you complete the antibiotics, if they ask you to do two follow up tests. One is a renal (kidney) ultrasound just to make sure the anatomy there is okay and the other is a voiding cystourethrogram, or VCUG for short. For babies, it's usually done in a hospital setting, but don't let that scare you. They just put in a catheter and empty the bladder, then they inject fluid with a dye that wil show up on their cameras. When the baby's bladder gets full, the child will void, and they capture that on camera to see if the urine goes straight down and out or if their is any reflux back towards the kidneys. The test only takes about 30 minutes, and while the setting is weird and unfamiliar, it's not painful or particularly scary. Pediatricians frequently call for those two tests just to rule out any more serious issues; it gives them a leg up on whether they should intervene with a medical treatment and/or test for UTI's more frequently.
Anyway, all that to say, if you have to do that in the coming weeks, don't let it scare you. My sister is a pediatrician and she said it's totally normal and the standard tests just about every baby who has a UTI has ordered for them. I hope your little pumpkin is feeling better soon! <3
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