We met with the specialist yesterday and had another ultrasound for Olive's kidneys. Her kidney looks normal now which is a good thing. But they aren't going to test the reflux until she is a year old again. She'll stay on the antibiotics for now. He said most kids outgrow the reflux by 5-7 years old. But she'll have surgery if it gets worse, there's a complication or she doesn't outgrow it. There's about a 60% chance it will fix itself.

But now I have to tell you about the crazy road we've been down that lead to her diagnosis. When I was 20 weeks pregnant I started bleeding. Panic and tears ensured. After an ER visit and an ultrasound we found the baby was ok and my placenta was low. I was put on "take it easy"; whatever that means. They wanted to check the location of the placenta at 30 weeks so I was scheduled for an extra ultrasound. At the 30 week ultrasound the placenta had moved up but there was water on her kidneys. After the technician told me, she quickly added, I'm not suppose to tell you that. So naturally I went home and googled  water on the kidneys. Turns out it is a soft mark for down syndrome. We weren't too worried about it though. The doctors said it is common and didn't want to do another ultrasound and I didn't either. When she was born and didn't have down syndrome, I was happy and didn't think anything about the water on her kidneys anymore. Until she had low platelets and stayed at the hospital. Still I didn't say anything until they tested again before she was released and they were still low. At her next appointment 2 days later I decided to mention it in case it had something to do with her low platelet count. It didn't but he sent me over to get an ultrasound done on her kidneys. The right side was fine but there on her left kidney was a huge black spot. I'm no expert but I knew that wasn't good. And that's when we knew.

I'm so very grateful the Lord took me on this crazy path with moments of fear and heartbreak that lead to the knowledge we needed. It has been a very neat experience to see the Lord at work in my life and Olives. He's there, every moment. My faith is strengthen and I'm full of gratitude for it.