catheterizing intact 11-months-old male - Page 4

[Fyrestorm]

This is the intact care agreement:

http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/care.htm

[trus]

Thank you for the links!

[borobaby]

I give the same speech every time diaper or pants are taken off.

My son has an intact penis and it does not retract. Please don't retract or pull back at all.

I stand ready and have now, on one occasion, 'moved' the doc's hand away from my son's penis because it seemed that she was going to begin to pull back. I moved the penis out of the way for her to look at the testicles from that point.

It happens very fast, you have to be ready.

I am so ready for the medical world to get on the right page with this.....

[trus]

Yes, it happens really fast.

WHat can we do for the medical world to be educated?

[Lkg4dmcrc]

I cannot believe that they did not hospitalize him if he is losing that much weight and not drinking or eating. That seems strange to me.

Regarding the retraction - I am sorry that happened to your son.

[tutucrazy]

Originally Posted by trus

Thank you!
I told the doctor in the ER not to touch his penis at all, but she did anyway. I guess I will mention my taking legal actions next time if this happens.

They've prescribed either fer-in-sol or ferrous sulfate (can't remeber the exact spelling of the last one, and the prescription is away))

That is what they prescribed my son. I gave him 1/3 the dosage for 2 days and he was so constipated that he bled when he pooped. DON'T give him this. Check out the iron supplement which is a natural iron tonic that I recommended. Also remember that low iron in breastfed babies can be corrected with dietary changes only. Only 2 tablespoons of food is enough to correct the problem in many babies. You should get his iron levels checked again to see if they are normal now. If still low I would use the tonic with yellow dock and dandelion root.

Avoiding retraction is simple. Keep the diaper on! I learned the hard way.