No School Lot’s of School Week

We didn’t do anything as far as school went. We spent our week traveling 80 miles round trip so far 3 times this week, twice in one day for Doctor’s appointments.

When Selena was in for her 3 year check up the Dr noticed that the left side of Selena’s face was fuller then the right side and wanted to see her back for a follow up. I scheduled that and took her in yesterday. Next thing I knew the Doctor was ordering an Ultra Sound to check Selena’s kidneys.

It was news to me but there are several conditions that can cause one side of a child’s face to be fuller then the other side, one of which is Kidney cancer or known as Wilm’s Tumor. Before anyone gets alarmed, NO Selena does not have Wilms Tumor! There is also a syndrome that usually goes a long with Developmental Delays, which Selena has none of the symptoms for. This is why the Doctor wanted the Ultra Sound to rule out the Wilms Tumor.

Let me tell you as with any parent or grandparent when you are told there could be something wrong, you can think 1000 different scenarios in your mind. Well we were no different, but we finally faced the fact that this Pediatrician was totally nuts and nothing would be wrong leaving us looking for a different Dr. We just knew in our hearts that our precious Selena could not have anything wrong, after all she has never really been sick in her three years with us.

I took Selena in for her Ultra Sound this morning, came home figuring what ever we found out would not be bad news. The phone rang at exactly 1:30 this afternoon. It was her Pediatrician calling to inform me that Selena only has one Kidney. I melted onto the kitchen floor. I could not believe what I was hearing. She wanted us in by 4:00 for blood work. Ok, at this point I am game to do anything even though it meant we loaded in and drive the 80 miles round trip again in the same day.

The guess right now as to why she only has one kidney is pretty much up in the air. As far as I know mom was never told there was anything pointing to a problem with Selena’s kidneys before birth. Selena has never had any urinary infections nor really ever been sick. She has only had two ear infections that were caught very early on, and a couple bouts of flu. So the guess right now is because Selena was such a large baby at birth and had ran out of room, she was over due, and mom had what is known as a dry birth, this caused damage to the right kidney and the body just absorbed it. We may never really have any true answers to this. I will keep you all posted as we go along this journey, just what we do find out, and what we learn.

Selena’s reaction to the news that she only has one kidney, “Oh they got rid of it and made me better!” I just looked at her and said, “Yep that is right, and you didn’t even know you were sick.” I have since explained the truth to her.

To end this with a happy note, Selena and I did have so much fun yesterday before her Doctor’s appointment. We went and walked around the Mall in Olympia. Selena got her picture taken with the Easter Bunny.

We then went over to Target and look what we found in the Dollar section.

She can finally make music without having to play on the piano all the time!