Royston's little ops

Monday, 22nd October 2007

As some of our friends probably know, Royston (younger twin) has been having UTI problem since 1 month old. He's been through so many urine tests and under antibiotic since 1st mth. Yet each time, the urine test showed germ infection.

After several tests and each time different germ is found, doctor is beginning to suspect Royston might not have UTI afterall. He might be just having infection at his foreskin area. He has seen two PDs and both recommended circumcision for him. So, yesterday (22nd Oct), we brought Royston to a doctor recommended by Raffles Hospital for the ops.

Some friends requested us to update them about the process and so here it is. I'll try my best to describe the ops.

Well, at the clinic, the doctor begin by explaining to us how common circumcision is in the States and among some ethnic groups and how simple the process is. And given his age, he'll recover in a few days time.

The ops begin by doctor using marker to make a mark on his foreskin. That will be where he'll cut. After that, he stabbed Royston at the base of his penis with the anesthetic jabs (yes, he really use stabbing actions to pop the needle in). I think that is the most painful part of the ops as Royston cries during the jabs.

But I think the anesthetics worked immediately because Royston is back to normal in a while. The doctor then proceed to use several pincers to pull on the foreskin and hold it in place.

Next, he uses his ops scissors and cut the extended foreskin away. And final procedure is to put in a plastic ring around the penis to protect the wound for the next few days. That ring will automatically drop by itself in 4-6 days time.

The whole ops took about 10min at the most and there's little blood. So not too scary. But for the next 2 days, my poor Royston might feel a little pain when the anesthetic effect wears off.

Hopefully with this ops, his germ in urine problem will be gone and spare his body of those antibiotic treatments. He'll go for his review and urine test next week. Hope for the best.

Oh ya, in case you want to know:

1. the ops is done through local anesthesia
2. it cost me S$481 bucks!
3. the doctor is at Gleneagles Medical Center. If you want the contact, let me know.