Jacy's surgery

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On November 30th Jacy had a surgery called a Cystoscopy with Deflux Injection. During some testing last month it was determined that when Jacy urinates her urine refluxes back up to her kidneys. She has always done this, but within the last year her condition has worsened. This was concerning to the Dr. since Jacy has recently had frequent UTI's and this last one ended up as a kidney infection. The procedure was to inject a "bulking agent" into the ureter tube, to help provide a little more protection for the kidneys from the urine that is coming back up. As usual, she did an amazing job! She didn't cry or fuss at all while she was being sedated. She is so brave!!! The procedure only took about 15 minutes and with no incisions needed she wasn't in pain afterwards! The hard part was snapping out of the sedation. Usually she will be back to normal by the time we get home but this time it took her all day. They used demoral on her, which is not what they normally do. It was a long day but she handled it like a pro! Once she got in her gown she had a fun time "hiding" from us while we wanted for her turn in the OR.

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