Monday, January 9, 2012

The Penis Chronicles Revisited.

Spencer's bazillionth surgery was today. Seriously, I've lost count. Anyhow, he had a scope, one testicle lowered and a revision on his circumcision. The testicle they lowered was near his kidney. It isn't very reassuring when your renown urologist assures you your kid has some of the most screwed up anatomy he has ever seen and that he had to do a procedure that he only has to do once or twice a year. That's our boy! Keep in mind his eye doc said the same thing about his tear ducts. Anyhow, Spencer is doing great and is currently playing. He is managing the pain well. His penis actually looks like a penis for a change. Bad news is that the doctor still couldn't get his testicle completely down and he has some creepy ass hole thing where his scrotum once was.
We were also told that based on the condition of his testicles that he probably won't be able to have children. News of this kind of devestates me. We always figured he would want to adopt rather than have biological children because of the risks of passing on his genetic condition. It still sucks to be told that he might not even get to choose.
I don't think I mentioned that little man has to go back on 02 at night. This should be fun with our kid with sensory issues. I spoke to his pulmunologist and we agree that if he flips out too much we'll try other options. I really don't want to recreate the defensiveness from being on oxygen the first time. We were expecting to be told that he was done with oxygen at night for good, but alas it's not the case:(

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  1. Hi Rachel,
    Vicki from Love Quilts here.
    I will be following your posts and look forward to hearing back from you soon. If you did not get my e-mail yesterday please write to Vicki4LoveQuilts@aol.com so we can get things rolling for your little man.
    You stay in my thoughts and prayers.
    Vicki Scott

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