Yesterday marked the 3-month anniversary of Colin's tethered cord release. It actually seems like eons ago. That always happens...takes forever for the surgery dates to arrive, but then after they pass, the time flies by. Anyway, he'll be thrilled with this post when he's older, but we are thrilled with the outcome of the surgery.
Colin, even after potty-training, never really moved past nighttime bedwetting. We had no idea for sure if this typical kid bedwetting or if it was actually caused by the tethered cord itself, a sign of bladder failure. After his bout with Rotavirus in the fall, we felt that it might be the tethered cord, but there was no way to be sure until after the surgery. He lost all control of his bowel and bladder when he was sick and dehydrated in a matter of hours. It was really shocking.
Colin is doing great. In the past three months, he has only had 2 accidents! Only 2, both of which, by the way, I'm pretty sure were the result of forgeting to potty before bed. So, no doubt, he really was already showing signs of bladder failure. I am so thankfulf for that routine MRI, who knows where we would stand today had we not caught this so soon.
We'll have an MRI recheck in June to be sure that the cord is not retethering, and a checkup next month, which I am sure will be uneventful. He is healing really well and has had no issues since surgery. Happy Anniversary and good ridence tethered cord!
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