My youngest daughter is having an operation today.  Same problem that my eldest had (bladder reflux), but the operation this time is much less invasive and, overall, much less scary.

HRH Princess Katherine was opened up, and her ureters pushed further into her bladder and sewn in place.  Effective, but a serious surgery.

HRH Princess Allison is going to have a much easier time of it.  They go in through the urethra, and essentially inject some silicone stuff (or something like that, the actual composition of which isn’t relevant to this entry, suffice to say it’s magic stuff that does the job) right underneath the opening of the ureters into the bladder.  Anyway, it solves the problem in something like 90% of cases.  Not that all surgeries aren’t serious, but this one is decidedly less serious than the first one.

At any rate, if you could spare a moment for prayer/mojo/good-thoughts/wish-her-Godspeed for a successful surgery and a quick recovery for my little girl, I’d sure appreciate it.

Now, if I could just get to sleep tonight, that’d be great.

*UPDATE*

The operation went fine, it was successful, and the doctor is “80% happy with it”.  The right side, he said, may need another treatment, but we’ll know more after the ultrasound in a month and the post-op VCUG in three months.  She, as usual, was a trooper all around, and came out of the anaesthetic is reasonably short order (she takes after her old man), and is outside playing now.

Prayers - positive thought and all that stuff sent your way.  I hope your little princess is back up and running soon.  Sorry you have to go through this.

Prayers for a successful surgery and quick recovery in progress.

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