Dear Everyone,
Glad you saw my posting and that I can help. Please note that I am not a doctor but I can share with you my experience based on my son and his condition only. My son just underwent bilateral urethra re-implantation surgery last week. He was in the hospital for three days and is doing great now. He has not had to have his pain medicine at all and is back to being a wonderful, joyful 3 1/2 year old. God has been good in taking care of him for he has never had an infection with his grade.

Based on all my research and the responses I got from people, THANKS TO THIS SITE (THANKS LYNN!!!!) I found that there were three different ways to fix this problem: Inside method or outside method of urethra re-implantation or Deflux. Deflux is the non-surgical method that shoots a material up to block the urine from going back up. A doctor in Atlanta is the best know for doing this procedure. Urethra re-implantation success rate is 98% I am told by doctors at Wake Forest, Duke and Chapel Hill so we decided to go that route.

My son did not have reflux on the left but at one point it did show overflow from the right going to the left when he was a little over a year old. So we decided to do bilateral as a precaution and the best means to prevent another possible surgery.

My research and responses I got back led me to a beautiful 16 year old girl who had the procedure done at his age. Thank God for her cause she was the answer to my prayers in determining the best cause of action for my son. She had re-implantation at a young age and is now 16 and she said she had no problems and plays sports all she wants. The only thing she had for about three years she said was bladder spasms. She said the spasms never hurt her but did get a bit annoying at times when she played sports. Bladder spasms is a natural after effect of this procedure.

I can tell you that that grace of God and the daily dose of Bactrim is what kept my son from infection. At age two we thought we would do the procedure but 2 out of three doctors said to wait since he never had an infection to see if possibly he would outgrow it.

The surgery is tough to see your child have to go through but it is a simple procedure I am told with a high success rate for fixing the problem. I was fortunate to have one of the best doctors perform the bilateral re-implantation (inside) method on my son. He is doing great now and in 12 weeks we go back for a VCUG to confirm the surgery was a full success.

My best to you and yours
Nicole
(finetune8@yahoo.com [1])

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