We made the long trip today to see a specialist in Phoenix. It seems there are no pediatric urologists in our neck of the woods or in Tucson. It was a cool day in Phoenix, in the low 100's!
Evan's appointment was with Dr. Argueso who is part of the Pediatric Urology Associates. In earlier posts I may mentioned about Evan's hypospadia. He doesn't have a severe one as you might read at the link I posted, but his foreskin didn't grow the whole way and it is causing some curvature. His urethra is right where it should be, it's the foreskin around it that is causing the problem called "chordee". We were hoping the specialist would tell us this was just a cosmetic thing and that he wouldn't have to have surgery.
Well, the little guy does have to go under the knife on Monday. We're scheduled for surgery at 0700 this Monday morning in Phoenix (yuck)! The doctor assured us Evan's condition is very mild and the surgery will only take about 30 minutes. He will be put under general anesthesia and they will also give him something similar to an epidural which will keep him numb after the surgery.
NO worries...just a pain that we have to drive to Phoenix again; but it will be good to get this taken care of now when he is young.
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