Back from the pediatric urologist...

Gabriel has a slight hypospadias. Our pedi wanted us to see a urologist about it, which we did today... and the urologist wants to surgically fix it.

He said that Gabriel's condition is slight, but that it is his opinion that it is better to fix it now while the baby is small and the procedure will be least traumatic to him, rather than waiting until to see if complications arise later, when fixing it will be something that he will be able to remember.

While I agree in principle that it's better to do it now, I'm pretty upset about it... I can't help but second guess and "what if". I mean, what if there is no need? There is only a possibility of complications; it's not a certainty. I hate ambiguity.

The proceedure itself is done under general anesthesia, and is a "same day" proceedure, so Gabriel wouldn't have to stay in the hospital. The doctor would have to circumcise him... they will use a piece of his foreskin to repair the hypospadias. Care and recovery would be the same as if he'd been circ'd as a newborn, and he'll be given Tylenol 3 for pain after. They won't do it before he's 4 months old, so it's still a ways away, but I hate the thought of having my 4 month old put under general anesthesia.