A few months ago, I had an incident that happened where, really, all my medical knowledge went out the window, and I ruminated in my concerns as a worried parent. Maybe this happened because our newest addition to the family “B” is likely our last baby, and I am worried more about anything that might happen to him.
A few weeks after he turned one year old, I was changing his diaper and noticed a bulge in his left inguinal area. It seemed tender to touch, and I immediately called my husband to come look – I told him it looked like an inguinal hernia. It was soft, and B wasn’t overly fussy, so I put a new diaper on him and decided I would monitor it as the day went on. It was of course on a weekend, but I decided first thing Monday I would schedule an appointment with a urologist.
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