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If your child has had a VCUG....

excitedchicexcitedchic
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Hey Ladies,

Natalie- almost 3- had a VCUG almost 9 months ago (to determine if she had vesiculear reflux).  I thought that we did a great job preparing her for it, and the Drs/Nurses at Children's hospital were amazing....but I feel like she is emotionally scarred from it or something. She still talks about it---it was 9 months ago! Just a few minutes ago, she was taking her babydolls diaper off so that she could put the baby bottle down there. When I asked her what she was doing, she told me "I am putting a tube up her pee pee".  (Those are the words we used to describe the VCUG)....aughgh, this bothers me. 

 

What do you think? DId your child do this?  When did she stop talking about it?

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Re: If your child has had a VCUG....

  • GrowingFamilyGrowingFamily

    Our 6 year old DD just had a VCUG 2 1/2 weeks ago!  What a terribly traumatic experience for all involved, isn't it?!  She talked about it non-stop for about 2 days, but has not mentioned it since. 

     It sounds to me like your DD is dealing with it in her own way.  It doesn't sound alarming or unnatural.  Let's face it, we, as adults, talk/ think about stuff that happened in the past (much more than a year ago!), but it doesn't necessarily mean we are scarred, just that it's something we won't necessarily forget any time soon (or ever).  I can honestly say that I will NEVER forget her VCUG experience!

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  • raindropsraindrops

    Dd has had a VCUG and many cystograms (same process less radiation) since 6 months old.  I delt with her fear of the VCUG by showing her the anatomy of her body.....ie. where her kidneys/ureter/bladder are and what they do.  I explained to her why she is so special so she can vent/explain it to others.  I couldn't do this at 6 months obviously, but her cystograms are annual now so I explained it when she was at the age to comprehend what I was telling her.  This gave her the opportunity to release and talk about it, I believe it helped her a lot.  Just getting it out and having others tell her how brave she is let her deal with the fear. 

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  • DandRDandR

    My oldest had this at 2 1/2 and we went a whole year where we'd drive by the hospital it was done at and she'd say "that's the owie doctor" and "they wanted me to tinkle in the living room and I don't tinkle in the living room, mom!"  (apparently the x-ray room looked like a living room).

    Anyways, yeah, it took awhile for her to "forget" about it...or at least stop talking about it.

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  • makenziesmommamakenziesmomma
    My daughter had one a few months after she was potty trained. It was pretty rough, and I thought she would regress on potty training a bit. They only thing she ever did was freak out a little the first time she had to go potty at home afterwards, but that was it. And since she has to take daily medicine because of it now, she remembers which "doctor" told her she needs to take it. But she's been pretty good at dealing with it.
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