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From: anewton@watcgl.UUCP (Adele Newton)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Undescended testicles
Message-ID: <2790@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 11:44:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 18 11:44:27 1985
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Thank you to all of you who mailed me or posted articles to the net
about surgery for undescended testicles.
David had his surgery two weeks ago today and seems to have fully
recovered.

He was very sick (throwing up and in alot of pain) when he came out of
the anaesthetic.  That lasted about twelve hours.  They gave him
demerol for pain followed by a gravol suppository for the nausea.  
He was very upset by all of this - he screamed at the nurses 
to get out of his room.  (That's my son!)

My husband stayed with David through the night after surgery.
He was uncomfortable and was made more so by nurses who were
trying to get him to urinate.  When I returned to the hospital
the following morning, the nurses told me that would have to
insert a catheter if he didn't pee.  I explained this to him - he
peed within five minutes.  He had had enough of people poking,
cutting, needling and prying at his groin by then!

We took him home that morning.  He spent the day in bed.
The urologist told us he could walk as normal but to avoid
horseplay.  He was bandaged from his navel down and around
to his rear end.  The dressings stayed for a week - the
doctor removed them.

David was finally able to walk without pain after about four
days.  Prior to that, it hurt to stand or walk after sitting
or lying down for a long time.  
The neighbours probably thought we were torturing him whenever
we helped him get up in the morning or from a nap.

I have to admit that he healed much sooner than I would have
expected.  I'm sure an adult male would still be walking very
gingerly.  David was back at school one week after surgery.  

It was great to hear from parents who had gone through
this type of surgery with their children.  Doctors kept telling me
it was routine surgery.  Surgery is never routine, particularly when
it's your child who is having it done.