Hernia Boy

As some of you might know, little Evan has been diagnosed with having two hernias. We noticed that something was a little unusual with Evan last Wednesday, and at his 2 month check up the following day, the doctor suspected that something was up and told us that we would be getting a referral sometime soon to see a pediatrician. A few hours after our appointment on Thursday, little Evey wasn't looking too well, so we took him to the ER at BGH. There he was seen by an on-call ped who diagnosed him with an umbilical hernia and an inguinal hernia.

The umbilical hernia is of little consequence, is sort of endearing (looks like a cabbage patch doll belly button), and should resolve on its own over the next few months. The inguinal hernia is a different story and needs to be surgically closed very soon since they never close on their own and there is a risk that part of the bowel can become entrapped. We met with a pediatric surgeon at McMaster Children's Hospital yesterday for a consult. She said that 25% of preemie boys get inguinal hernias. Evan surgery's will be scheduled for sometime in the next 2 weeks. We're just waiting for the call.