Owen saw his urologist yesterday for his 6 month recheck. For those of you that don't know, Owen has hypospadias. All this basically means is that his urethra is not positioned where it should be. Thankfully everything functions fine, we just have to repair the location so it doesn't interfere with his potty training. The doctor said that he is growing wonderfully (we definitely knew that already!) and that he is big enough now to plan the surgery. He has to get one hormone injection and then 4 weeks later he'll go in for surgery. It should be an easy fix with him being able to go home the same day, but there is always a chance he may need to stay overnight and there is a chance that he may require it to be done in stages meaning 2 surgeries 6 months apart. We won't know anything for sure until they finish the first surgery. Poor baby!!! Although I am looking forward to him being all better, I am definitely not looking forward to him recovering from surgery - I have firsthand knowledge of that and it's not fun!!! Hopefully we'll hear from the dr.'s office this week to set a date.
****I just heard from the dr. office and we are getting the hormone injection on Mon. the 31st and his surgery is now set for Mon. Feb 28th...yikes but yay!!! The sooner the better I guess :)
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