Brandon
My son turns 8 in June this year and in Grade 2, he suffers from ADHD but he’s on the good side and I say that because he’s a good kid, very smart and very very well behaved and polite – no one ever picks him for an ADHD kid. Makes me very proud.
When he was in his first year of school he had a school yard accident where he fell on play equipment and put a 1cm split in his foreskin, yep you read right he did some damage to his ‘willy’. We paid a visit to Dandenong Hospital who in turn sent us to Monash Medical Centre to see a paediatric surgeon for further advice. The surgeon said it would heal on its own but needed to keep an eye on this area as it was noted that he had a very tight foreskin which could cause him trouble down the track. I did just that with regular checkups with our GP as at times he would complain of pain and this would stop him from going to the toilet.
Our GP then referred us to a surgeon at Monash, this surgeon told us there was nothing that could be done – you see circumcision is not practised widely despite any medical issues. That’s the PUBLIC system for you. After numerous infections I took Brandon to see another GP, who suggested that Brandon should be circumcised and had a surgeon in mind but I’d have to pay to go through the PRIVATE system – of course I’m happy with this as I’d do anything for my child.
Then, on the 28th February we saw Dr Chris Kimber at Cabrini Hospital, he without doubt suggested circumcision for Brandon – mostly based on the infections he’s had and also that he has ADHD and the stress this caused him. FINALLY! Dr Kimber operates at William Angliss in FTG and West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul. He advised that the wait would be 2-3 months through the public system, not too bad I thought. I did mention that I’d be happy to travel anywhere I could get Brandon in the soonest. 2 days later I receive a call from Dr Kimbers office advising there is a vacancy for surgery on the 11th March at Warragul, of course I took it.
On Friday 11th March we made the trip to Warragul, we had to be there at 7am so had to leave home at 5.30am – and lucky we did cos the car broke down, and would you believe it on the Warragul exit off the freeway, but it was only an overheat so we sat for about 15 minutes then I filled the water up and off we went for the final 10kms to the hospital, making it there at 7.01am. Brandon was operated on at about 10.00am. But must mention that the night before the poor kid couldn’t take his evening medication so had trouble getting to sleep and couldn’t take his morning meds till 8.00am so in between this time was bouncing of the walls! Hilarious and he was asking for his meds, poor kid...
So here we sit today with Brandon recovering well.
Although, I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened had I not opted to take the ‘Private’ option and kept waiting on the ‘Public’ system...
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