Penis Unenvy
This post is not for the faint of heart, male readers take heed!
My sons are not circumsised. I chose to do this, not from some zealous attempt to keep them intact but because I thought it was a good idea. That's it! No declarations about the abuse of cutting off the foreskin or anything of that nature. I just chose not to.
Thursday my 8 year old approached and said "Look what I can do Mom." Two months ago I had to take him to the Dr. because he had an infection of the foreskin and could not pull the skin back. Well, Thursday he discovered he could pull it back again....only he couldn't pull the skin back up. We all know how delicate the tissue is there, just imagine your thumb with a rubber band around it. It would get all red and swollen right? That's what he looked like in a matter of seconds. I freaked out! I called the Dr.'s office and talked to the nurse. She said to run him a warm bath and make him sit in it to relax the skin and we should be able to pull it back over. He sat in the bath for 20 minutes and could not do it. I had to call the nurse back and she asked me if he was in pain. I asked him, he said no. She said, is he bleeding? I said no, then she says it could wait until tomorrow. I was skeptical but he said it didn't hurt.
Friday morning I took him to the Dr. She took one look at it and her mouth dropped open. She left the room, called a Urologist/surgeon to see if he could see him and referred us over there immediately. Meanwhile, she says "He must really have a high tolerance for pain, most little boys would be kicking and screaming, he really should have been seen yesterday." grrrrrrrr
At the Urologists office he took a look at it and said "Ahhh this is rare, in fact I haven't seen a case of this in at least a year and a half." He called it Paraphimosis and said if he wasn't circumsised the condition would only get worse the bigger he got. So, all that to say Nathan is having surgery on the 8th and he is also having the skintags on his face and by his ear removed.
This is one of those mother moments that I'm going to look back on and think, what was going through my head?
My sons are not circumsised. I chose to do this, not from some zealous attempt to keep them intact but because I thought it was a good idea. That's it! No declarations about the abuse of cutting off the foreskin or anything of that nature. I just chose not to.
Thursday my 8 year old approached and said "Look what I can do Mom." Two months ago I had to take him to the Dr. because he had an infection of the foreskin and could not pull the skin back. Well, Thursday he discovered he could pull it back again....only he couldn't pull the skin back up. We all know how delicate the tissue is there, just imagine your thumb with a rubber band around it. It would get all red and swollen right? That's what he looked like in a matter of seconds. I freaked out! I called the Dr.'s office and talked to the nurse. She said to run him a warm bath and make him sit in it to relax the skin and we should be able to pull it back over. He sat in the bath for 20 minutes and could not do it. I had to call the nurse back and she asked me if he was in pain. I asked him, he said no. She said, is he bleeding? I said no, then she says it could wait until tomorrow. I was skeptical but he said it didn't hurt.
Friday morning I took him to the Dr. She took one look at it and her mouth dropped open. She left the room, called a Urologist/surgeon to see if he could see him and referred us over there immediately. Meanwhile, she says "He must really have a high tolerance for pain, most little boys would be kicking and screaming, he really should have been seen yesterday." grrrrrrrr
At the Urologists office he took a look at it and said "Ahhh this is rare, in fact I haven't seen a case of this in at least a year and a half." He called it Paraphimosis and said if he wasn't circumsised the condition would only get worse the bigger he got. So, all that to say Nathan is having surgery on the 8th and he is also having the skintags on his face and by his ear removed.
This is one of those mother moments that I'm going to look back on and think, what was going through my head?