Another Specialist to Cross off the List

ENT - check
Cardiologist - check
Opthamologist - check
Neurologist - check
Neurosurgeon - check
Physical Therapist - check
Speech Therapist - check
Urologist - check

We took Micah to the Urologist today to further investigate his weird bladder/kidney symptoms. He has a list of symptoms that Charlie and I have been concerned about and his pediatrician did not have an answer for either. We had his appointment at 3:20 in Athens. It took us an hour to get there. We woke Noah up from his nap and Micah did not have time to take a nap. You know you are in for an interesting visit when you arrive at the office and there is a sign on the counter that says, " Dr. _________ is running 45 minutes behind schedule. Thank you for your patience." Patience may be something that is easy for a 80 year-old widow that is there by herself, but not for a young family with a 3 and 1 year-old. We waited for 1 1/2 hours to see the Urologist who was in the room with us for all of 6 minutes. He did a short physical exam, which invaded Micah's privacy. Micah was not very happy about that. He screamed and fought it. I guess I can't blame him. A guy comes in the room, does not even acknowledge that you are there and has you get on an exam table so that he can prod different parts of your body.

The doctor's guess is that everything is fine based on his physical exam. He thinks that Micah might be going through a stage that some small children go through. He believes that he is having some type of spasms and suggested giving him medicine for it for about 8 months. Spasms explain most, but not all symptoms. He has scheduled an ultrasound of his kidneys to rule out other issues that could also be causing his symptoms. I have a prevalent history of kidney disease in my family, so the ultrasound is necessary and will help put our minds at rest.


Micah has seen many specialist in his 3 short years of life. We are thankful for great medical resources and care that is available today. Charlie was saying tonight that we are blessed that he has undergone lots of testing and seen many specialist, but overall he is a healthy little boy. He has developmental delays in a few areas that can make things challenging, but things could be much worse.