The past couple of nights, Nolan's had some crying episodes; screaming, unconsolable fits, which is *not* normal for him, so we took him to the doctor.
It looks like he has a hernia, and has an appointment (the soonest we could get) on May 23 in Boise with a specialist in the field.
So the hernia is an Inguinal Hernia, and we'll find out at the appointment with the specialist if he needs surgery or not. Normally, the practice is to wait until after the child is 6 months old to repair a hernia, unless it is large enough to make it dangerous, or if it's an emergency, such as a strangulated loop of intestine.
The reason for the wait is because the smaller the baby, the greater the risk of problems under anesthesia. In Nolan's case, he already weighs as much as many of those 6 month old babies. He was 16 pounds 2 ounces at his appointment. And he's growing out of his *6 month* size clothes. SO, they may schedule his surgery for the next day after the initial appointment, depending on the size of the hernia, if indeed the has one.
It's a bit irritating, going to the doctor's office. You practically have to research the symptoms and know what the problem is before you go in, or they tell you "oh, that's normal, nothing to worry about" I had to insist SEVERAL times that there was a bulge where there shouldn't be a bulge before they got the doctor to even come in and check the inguinal canal. ARGH.
Oh, for you statistic lovers out there, 16 pounds, 2 ounces at his age (almost 12 weeks old) is above 100th percentile.
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