Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's)

This was a recurring problem that was originally hard to diagnose. From an early age Katie had continuous phenomena’s that had her on and off antibiotics. Being on the antibiotics and having a diagnosed primary problem other than a UTI, masked the detection of this condition even when testing was conducted. The significance and frequency of the infections wasn't detected until in her 7th year. Prior to that there were several positive tests done, but the real number of infections could be considerably higher.

Testing

Testing of the Urinary Tract had revealed that Katie's bladder did not expand when under stress, irritated or for other unknown reasons. This condition is not consistent which increases the difficulty of managing the problems.