Worried...

So my eldest of 12 is a bedwetter. In general, doesn't really bother me as I know it can't last forever.

That being said, I decided to take things a step further and bring him to a pediatrician. Our family Dr is great, but his resident thought it might be time to escalate the situation to someone who may have a bit more experience in the area and suggest other things to do for him.

As it stands, he currently takes a 'melt' every night prior to bed and that helps keep him dry. Apparently it acts like a 'sponge' for a few hours and by morning has worn off. We have tried alarms and short of waking him up twice a night this was the best solution at the time.

So anyway, on Thursday I take him in to the new Dr. who decides she wants to give him a physical on the spot. She asked a lot of questions, and when I answered 'yes' to the constipation question, it prompted the physical.

She just wanted to see if she could feel if he was blocked I guess. So whilst palpating his abdomen she decided to go a bit further south. anyway, long story short, she noticed he was missing a testicle.
Now I am pretty sure he USED to have 2. however it's not something I check on a regular basis. She let me know that it was a cause for concern that they both should have descended by now, and that even if it had and then decided to go back up, which does happen (retractile testicle), she couldn't even tell that it was there (nonpalpable testicle). Between her looking and mini Phil a lookin' the testicle was nowhere to be found. He also complained of a lot of pain when she was poking around, which was apparently not normal.

So now he has to wait a few months to have an ultrasound done as well as he has to see a urologist. I did some reading and apparently sometimes when it goes back up it can get twisted, which requires medical intervention to be corrected.

Apparently, after doing a bit more research, the nonpalpable testicle is the most cause for concern, as it may be in his abdomen ao simply may have vanished, The ultrasound is key here, he may even require surgery.

The worst part about this, is that this little 'incident' has just upped his chances for testicular cancer as well as infertility....

:(