On June 14 Elijah had his largest medical day since he was a newborn. We started at 9 a.m. and ended at 4 p.m. his leg is healing well and he no longer has a cast. The more serious tests were in the urology department. We were glad to hear that Elijah's kidneys look great, but learned at the same time that his bladder looks terrible. Practically, what this means is that he is incapable of holding urine at low pressure like most of us do. This puts him in danger of reflux into his kidneys, which is never good. We will be putting Elijah on an intermittent catheterization program as well as tripling his dosage of the bladder relaxing medicine. Now we can start potty training, but in a very different way. As usual, we are satisfied that this is for God's glory and, hence, for our good. Still no shortage of joy here. This is Elijah's new "normal."
Yesterday was Elijah's third birthday. Boy, was he excited, as you can see.
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