Orchiopexy Surgery

(Testicle Release)

     
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Today, September 10, 2002 I had my orchiopexy surgery.
Mommy took me to St. Louis Children's Hospital at 6 in the morning for my surgery!! They had me dress in lil scrubs and footies!! At 8 in the morning they wheeled me in, and by 9:20, I was done!! Mommy was soo proud of me!!

 

Don't I look cute? hee hee!!

Procedure:

The doctors made an inscision by my diaper line on my right side. They then forced my right testicle down into the right half of my scrotum. Once the testicle was in place, they stitched the testicle to the bottom of the scrotum so it wouldn't bounce back up inside!! Then they stitched me back up. The inscision was only about an inch long, no biggie!!

Recovery:

I didn't like coming out of the anesthesia this time!! I cried and the nurses had to have Mommy come back and try to calm me down. Once Mommy got back to the recovery room, the nurse gave me some Oxycodon to help ease the pain. It took about 20 minutes for it to help. After it kicked in, I slept for about 3 hours.

I woke up and wanted my bottle. Mommy gave me some pedialyte and some apple juice. By about 1 in the afternoon I was able to go home.

 

This is me after surgery. I think that the pain medicine still has me kinda woosy!! I don't even notice that my shirt is falling off!!