hey all,
here's a little background to the situation. about a month ago my ds complained that his penis hurt. i looked at it, it was fine, figured it wasn't too big of a deal, i'll let him nap maybe he pinched it in his diaper or something. after nap time he woke up screaming that it "very, very hurt" and since we were visiting family in california we went to the er. five hours later it has swollen up to double it's normal size and he's screaming and crying every time he pees.
they give us antibiotics and some pain meds we go home do the bath the next morning and gradually it starts to shrink back to normal. he passes some smegma and pus that day. penis looks normal but ds still screams while peeing that it hurts.
a week later after antibiotics are done we take him to a pediatric urologist in reno because he is STILL
: screaming every time he pees. the urologist says, "he needs to be circumcized because continued infection can cause scar tissue to build up and then i will be trying to fix that when he's twelve."
he follows with, "i consider male circumcision at birth to be genital mutilation and just as bad as female genital mutilation and i would never do one. i'm the one that has to try and repair the four year old's penis that is disfigured from a circumcision done at birth and i think it's one of the cruelest things a parent can do to a child BUT in some cases it need to be done and this is one of those."
so, we go home, schedule the circ and then decide we'll have to wait until my insurance kicks in at work because we don't have the money. everything is fine now, no more crying, penis doesn't hurt, we decide to not to the circ.
BUT my ds penis swells up to double or more it's regular size when peeing and i'm wondering if there is a bit of scarring in there that is restricting his urine flow and if we should think about considering the circ. it's not just the foreskin swelling, it's the entire penis and it gets huge! my husband says it doesn't happen to him and i don't remember this happening before the incident i talked about before.
any advice or links? i couldn't find anything. thanks thanks thanks!!
here's a little background to the situation. about a month ago my ds complained that his penis hurt. i looked at it, it was fine, figured it wasn't too big of a deal, i'll let him nap maybe he pinched it in his diaper or something. after nap time he woke up screaming that it "very, very hurt" and since we were visiting family in california we went to the er. five hours later it has swollen up to double it's normal size and he's screaming and crying every time he pees.
they give us antibiotics and some pain meds we go home do the bath the next morning and gradually it starts to shrink back to normal. he passes some smegma and pus that day. penis looks normal but ds still screams while peeing that it hurts.
a week later after antibiotics are done we take him to a pediatric urologist in reno because he is STILL
: screaming every time he pees. the urologist says, "he needs to be circumcized because continued infection can cause scar tissue to build up and then i will be trying to fix that when he's twelve."he follows with, "i consider male circumcision at birth to be genital mutilation and just as bad as female genital mutilation and i would never do one. i'm the one that has to try and repair the four year old's penis that is disfigured from a circumcision done at birth and i think it's one of the cruelest things a parent can do to a child BUT in some cases it need to be done and this is one of those."
so, we go home, schedule the circ and then decide we'll have to wait until my insurance kicks in at work because we don't have the money. everything is fine now, no more crying, penis doesn't hurt, we decide to not to the circ.
BUT my ds penis swells up to double or more it's regular size when peeing and i'm wondering if there is a bit of scarring in there that is restricting his urine flow and if we should think about considering the circ. it's not just the foreskin swelling, it's the entire penis and it gets huge! my husband says it doesn't happen to him and i don't remember this happening before the incident i talked about before.
any advice or links? i couldn't find anything. thanks thanks thanks!!
His Penis gets HUGE when he pees too. The whole penis gets about twice its normal size when he pees. I think that may be just a normal little boy thing.
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If it was a girl they sure wouldn't be saying oh we gotta cut that off because of scar tissue 
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