Re: Another Thing to Deal With

[Guest guest]

hey jennifer b.!!

i am so sorry to here that ashley has something new to deal with!!!

that really stinks!!! talk to you soon!!!

jodie c.

>

> I had to the pediatrician for her recheck of her ear

> infection with the ped on Tuesday. On Thursday night she told me

> that her " pee pee's " were itchy. I was thinking maybe a yeast

> infection after being on the antibiotic. Not exactly knowing what

I

> was looking for I look. I then proceed to look at her vagina

> because at one week old had labia adhesions and we had to

> simply spread the labia apart. So remembering that happened twice

> as a baby and everything was fine I decided let me look and make

> sure. Well low and behold it is totally stuck together and

closed.

> I called the ped and brought her in on Friday and he also said yes

> it (her vagina) is totally closed. He was first going to suggest

> using an estrogen cream but figured we are way too far past that

and

> instead referred us to a pediatric urologist who she will visit

with

> on October 14. The ped believes this may have to be open

> surgically. And of course I went online to look it up. One

> interesting thing I did read was that even after having it

> surgically opened you need to apply the estrogen cream (and maybe

if

> I read correctly vaseline). Anyway what one site said about the

> estrogen cream is that being that it is a hormone young girls

breast

> can develop and after using the cream some may experience a " mini-

> period. " So I guess I need to call the endo about this because if

> this cream does that does it mean it might start the process of

> puberty? and don't we want to prolong that as much as possible?

Had

> I never found out about the RSS and all that goes along with it, I

> would never have known. And especially thank you to all of you

with

> your posts because I have learned so much from you that I was able

> to tell my husband this is something we need to learn and

understand

> rather than just thinking we are dealing with one thing.

>

> UGH just more to deal with and what do you do in these cases? Just

> get through it. HA with I have been through worse but I

> guess I feel like this is more because I am aware of the RSS.

>

> She's not in pain or anything and believe me if there was a way I

> could keep things this way until she was married I would but I

can't.

>

> Thanks for listening

>

> B

> 4 3/4 RSS and Kelli 2 Non RSS

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you have something else to deal with. Hope you get all

the right answers before proceeding with surgery.

-Malathi

>

> I had to the pediatrician for her recheck of her ear

> infection with the ped on Tuesday. On Thursday night she told me

> that her " pee pee's " were itchy. I was thinking maybe a yeast

> infection after being on the antibiotic. Not exactly knowing what

I

> was looking for I look. I then proceed to look at her vagina

> because at one week old had labia adhesions and we had to

> simply spread the labia apart. So remembering that happened twice

> as a baby and everything was fine I decided let me look and make

> sure. Well low and behold it is totally stuck together and

closed.

> I called the ped and brought her in on Friday and he also said yes

> it (her vagina) is totally closed. He was first going to suggest

> using an estrogen cream but figured we are way too far past that

and

> instead referred us to a pediatric urologist who she will visit

with

> on October 14. The ped believes this may have to be open

> surgically. And of course I went online to look it up. One

> interesting thing I did read was that even after having it

> surgically opened you need to apply the estrogen cream (and maybe

if

> I read correctly vaseline). Anyway what one site said about the

> estrogen cream is that being that it is a hormone young girls

breast

> can develop and after using the cream some may experience a " mini-

> period. " So I guess I need to call the endo about this because if

> this cream does that does it mean it might start the process of

> puberty? and don't we want to prolong that as much as possible?

Had

> I never found out about the RSS and all that goes along with it, I

> would never have known. And especially thank you to all of you

with

> your posts because I have learned so much from you that I was able

> to tell my husband this is something we need to learn and

understand

> rather than just thinking we are dealing with one thing.

>

> UGH just more to deal with and what do you do in these cases? Just

> get through it. HA with I have been through worse but I

> guess I feel like this is more because I am aware of the RSS.

>

> She's not in pain or anything and believe me if there was a way I

> could keep things this way until she was married I would but I

can't.

>

> Thanks for listening

>

> B

> 4 3/4 RSS and Kelli 2 Non RSS