hypospadias surgery.

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Hi! My son is getting ready to have surgery for hypospadias onJune 18th. I

was just wondering if anyone else's child has been through this, and how long

the recovery took, what to expect? Thanks, and I can't wait to see everyone at

the convention. le-mom to Datreon 11lb 10oz 8 1/2 months

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Willie had the hypospadius surgery when he was about 2 and a half (before we

had a diagnosis of RSS). I will say it was pretty easy before the surgery when

he wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything. He didn't care:)

The doctor had me remove the catheter at home. Given the chance to do it

again(no thanks) I'd have taken him into the ped or Urgent Care and had them

remove it. I did it okay but it had me shaking for days. We spent a lot of time

in

the tub together loosening the bandages. Luckily, he loves the water.

While I wouldn't call it a great experience, it went okay, and seemed less

painful than my older son's tonsilectomy.

Best of luck to you.

Kathy (Willie, 3 yrs, 22 lbs, periactin)

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le,

This is one issue we did not have to face with Max. Can you believe

it? He seems to have everything else, but managed to skip over this

one! But those who have posted about their children having this

procedure have mostly had great results. In fact, I can remember

moms posting their worries and then being surprised that their sons

were running around the next day.

I hope that the surgery goes well for you both. And I hope that

someone with more experience will read this post and give you better

advice than I. Be sure to let us know how it goes, okay?

Jodi Z.

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le,

My son Jake had three hypospadius surgeries (his was pretty

severe). I think one of the most important things is to make sure

your son is admitted the night before and put on an IV of D10. He

should not be NPO (fasted). Then he should not be released from the

hospital after the surgery until he is eating on his own. For this,

it means usually a two night stay.

Also, make sure you have a thorough discussion with the

anethesiologist before the surgery. Ask if they can do a " block "

this way when he comes out of surgery, he already has pain meds in

his system for a while, which will be useful. We didn't the first

time and soon after he was out of surgery he was in agony and it

took forever to get the pain meds up from the pharmacy. Sometimes

this takes a while to get the meds, because the surgeon writes up

the orders after the surgery is over, then it goes to the pharmacy,

then you are at the mercy of the pharmacy.

The day after all three of Jake's surgeries he was literally up and

running around. We were really suprised. The site itself looks

nasty, so as long as you are prepared for a bloody, swollen look you

will be ok. Just know it gets better quickly. As soon as my

surgeon gave us the ok for baths, he got one like four times a day

(on the doctor's suggestion). This really helps heal it fast. The

scaps come off and it looks sooooo much better. The site really

heals fast. Your son will most likely come home with a catheter and

a double diaper. The catheter will come out of the penis and he

will pee into the second (outer) diaper. So unless your son has a

BM you won't have to see the site too much. The BM diaper changes

require help. You definitely need two sets of hands. One to hold

your son down (it will be painful for him) and the second to quickly

clean and rediaper. Other than the BM diaper changes, Jake really

had no pain.

He was on a few different meds. One for bladder spasms (caused by

the catheter), two for pain (I think tylenol and motrin switched on

and off) and an antibiotic to prevent infection. So, that on top of

his usual meds got confusing, so we kept a chart so my husband and I

could keep track of things. Do not ever miss the spasm medication,

because that is painful. Make sure you set your alarm and get up in

the middle of the night to administer, or you will have an unhappy

camper. I think it was every six hours, so it isn't too bad.

Jake is fine and all is well, please feel free to post additional

questions. It was not nearly as bad as I thought.

Alison

> Hi! My son is getting ready to have surgery for hypospadias onJune

18th. I

> was just wondering if anyone else's child has been through this,

and how long

> the recovery took, what to expect? Thanks, and I can't wait to see

everyone at

> the convention. le-mom to Datreon 11lb 10oz 8 1/2 months

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the replys on the surgery! It really helped! I'll let ya know how

it goes! Thanks. le (mom to Datreon, 8 1/2 months 11lb 10oz)

[Guest guest]

--Wow I couldn't of told it this good myself ,reading this sure makes

memories. has had two hypospadias surgeries and of coure now

we will be on our 3rd one in the near future, He was like 14 months I

think when we had the first one I am not certain because he had to

weigh 12 pounds for anthesia and that took forever .It goes exactly

like you said but I had to do three diapers a changing cause he also

had hip dysplasia and had to have the support,his was pretty severe

to, I don't know if I would of known about the second hole till we

put him up on an above ground pool to pee pee and saw two streams!! I

freaked out on thet!! He had this other surgery at three and well now

I see him use the potty and there is that two streams again!! We are

at 5 yrs now and I am really going to feel bad if they are going to

want him back in diapers!! They are waiting to see if while being on

G H if it will heal up on it's own, but I doubt it it is pretty good

size, he will also either just sew the hole or do more intense

surgery cause the sides look awful and he will have to have a skin

graph done UGH!! But it does go just like you said, I remember to

the cramps Get the meds!! I took pictures to because it did look so

swollen(awful and bloody looked messed up)I have since now gotten a

second opinion from the head doctor of uroligy, I took the second

opinion, The meds they gave were liquid tylenol with codiene and

demerall(sp).. mistake for him being sensory.. he bouced off the wall

and thought he was superman jumping off the steps, that meds made him

not feel the pain but didn't help him with it when it wore off and

then he really felt him, I told him!! Do they ever listen!!I hope

things go well and for Jake was his this extent on the third and what

age is he? Well just wanted to add my two cents ha ha not many on

here have gone through this it is good(not) to talk to someone about

it!!Thanks alot and hugs

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Support , " alisontonyhoward " <ajhoward@a...> wrote:

> le,

>

> My son Jake had three hypospadius surgeries (his was pretty

> severe). I think one of the most important things is to make sure

> your son is admitted the night before and put on an IV of D10. He

> should not be NPO (fasted). Then he should not be released from

the

> hospital after the surgery until he is eating on his own. For

this,

> it means usually a two night stay.

>

> Also, make sure you have a thorough discussion with the

> anethesiologist before the surgery. Ask if they can do a " block "

> this way when he comes out of surgery, he already has pain meds in

> his system for a while, which will be useful. We didn't the first

> time and soon after he was out of surgery he was in agony and it

> took forever to get the pain meds up from the pharmacy. Sometimes

> this takes a while to get the meds, because the surgeon writes up

> the orders after the surgery is over, then it goes to the pharmacy,

> then you are at the mercy of the pharmacy.

>

> The day after all three of Jake's surgeries he was literally up and

> running around. We were really suprised. The site itself looks

> nasty, so as long as you are prepared for a bloody, swollen look

you

> will be ok. Just know it gets better quickly. As soon as my

> surgeon gave us the ok for baths, he got one like four times a day

> (on the doctor's suggestion). This really helps heal it fast. The

> scaps come off and it looks sooooo much better. The site really

> heals fast. Your son will most likely come home with a catheter

and

> a double diaper. The catheter will come out of the penis and he

> will pee into the second (outer) diaper. So unless your son has a

> BM you won't have to see the site too much. The BM diaper changes

> require help. You definitely need two sets of hands. One to hold

> your son down (it will be painful for him) and the second to

quickly

> clean and rediaper. Other than the BM diaper changes, Jake really

> had no pain.

>

> He was on a few different meds. One for bladder spasms (caused by

> the catheter), two for pain (I think tylenol and motrin switched on

> and off) and an antibiotic to prevent infection. So, that on top

of

> his usual meds got confusing, so we kept a chart so my husband and

I

> could keep track of things. Do not ever miss the spasm medication,

> because that is painful. Make sure you set your alarm and get up

in

> the middle of the night to administer, or you will have an unhappy

> camper. I think it was every six hours, so it isn't too bad.

>

> Jake is fine and all is well, please feel free to post additional

> questions. It was not nearly as bad as I thought.

>

> Alison

>

>

>

> > Hi! My son is getting ready to have surgery for hypospadias

onJune

> 18th. I

> > was just wondering if anyone else's child has been through this,

> and how long

> > the recovery took, what to expect? Thanks, and I can't wait to

see

> everyone at

> > the convention. le-mom to Datreon 11lb 10oz 8 1/2 months

> >

> >

> >