A Day in the Life....Spina Bifida Style

{Blake at Cub Scouts launching a bottle rocket!}

This morning we had to measure the output of Blake's first morning pee. We will be at Shriner's Hospital all day tomorrow doing some big Urodynamic testing to 'get to know' his bladder again. Scratch that....I will be at Shriner's with Blake. Dave's still working 24/7....huge bummer. The doctors want to have some idea what his bladder capacity is before starting the tests. These tests will let us know quite a few things....but the biggest question right now is whether Blake will need bladder enlargement surgery in the next few months.

We talked about measuring Blake's urine and what we would use. I casually thought that I would just grab a measuring cup from the kitchen. How else would I measure it? The family freaked out. I said I would sterilize it. No problem.

Until this morning, when we cathed Blake into MY KITCHEN measuring cup. I was completely grossed out and WILL be buying a new measuring cup today for my kitchen!

Wondering what it measured....a 1/2 cup. We're giving it another go first thing tomorrow morning for good measure! ha