My son is 8 years old, he has been under the continence clinic for nighttime wetting for a few years. He doesn’t suffer with UTIs, he took a lot longer than most children to become dry in the day and he still sometimes has wet accidents in the day. He doesn’t seem to have any warning, he just suddenly needs to pee and can’t hold it for long at all or he wets himself. He was referred for an ultrasound scan which he had last week.
I’ve just had a follow up call to discuss the scan and the nurse said she wants to speak to the doctor about the scan results tomorrow and then they will most likely refer him to Alder Hey to see a specialist consultant. I asked what the scan had shown and all she could tell me was that the appearance of the kidneys wasn’t quite normal but until she spoke to the doctor she wasn’t sure if that was what was the cause of the nighttime wetting or not and she thinks the doctor will refer to Alder Hey. So now I’m worrying what this abnormal appearance could mean. Anyone have a similar experience and can help? DH is saying not to worry it can’t be urgent otherwise they wouldn’t have waited over a week to call us back. I’m not so sure.
For context DS was born extremely preterm (24 wks) and was in hospital for 4 months before he was discharged. He had all the typical preemie issues but seemed to have escaped relatively unscathed.