Re: query about undescended testicle surgery

[Guest guest]

--Hi I was just wanting to reply to your msg.. My son doesn't have

that problem but he did have Hypospadias(where the hole is on the

shaft) The main concern you will need to know about surgery is the

Anethisiea to make sure that they do not give him to much, make sure

they weigh him to see what the dosage is for smaller kids. His first

surgery they wanted him to weigh 12 pounds before they would do the

surgery. They started to base mine by his age when he had his second

surgery and I had to remind her of his weight to make sure he didn't

get to much!!! My son had a reaction after the surgery to the liquid

demaroll( sp) and liquid tylenol with codine,It was suppose to help

him keep still and not in pain but it made him bounce off the walls

(which was not good he ripped out a couple stitches.I think it made

him in no pain and he thought he could do any thing, trying to jump

and flip around!!!! Hope this little bit of info can help you out!!

Prayers and hugs to you!! mom to ,5 yrs. 27

pounds 36 inches on Growth hormone and

prevacid

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Support , ilene bloch wrote:

> Dear Group:

>

> My 19-month old (still not definitely confirmed diagnosis of RSS)

grandson

> is scheduled to undergo surgery for an undescended testicle at the

end of

> July. Are there specific issues (other than standard surgical

ones) that we

> should be concerned about and discuss with the surgeon or alert him

about

> before Noam's surgery?

>

> Thanks for your help,

>

> Ilene (g-ma to Noam)

[Guest guest]

A bit of an update and some info on the undescended testicele:

Keigan just went in this past Friday for outpaitent surgery for his right

testicle. They couldn't find it before, so they were gonna look for it and

proceed from what they found. Everything went well and we had no problems with

the anestesia (sp?)...they did great dealing with his weight and not his age.

Anyway, they found the testicle and did 1 or 2 surgeries to bring it down. He

will have to go back in 3 months to finish the job. As I said before, we had no

problems. Granted he has a bunch of small slits in his tummy but most are less

than an inch. Keep in mind they did not know if he even had one so the scoped

for it 1st. They used the " glue " instead of stitches which I absolutly love! I

would recommend those if possible. I know my son would pick if there were

stitches. The day we had it done, he slept the whole day and night. We had to

wake him up to change diapers and feed him. By day 2 he was back up and moving

around. They gave him tylenol with codine but he hasn't needed any today.

Don't know if any of this will help you out or not but figured I would pipe up

Mommy to Keigan 4-15-03 (RSS) and Tristian 9-26-01