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Originally Posted by baddog
Good luck, but I have a question.
I remember when my son was just a few months old they said he got a hernia from trying to stand up too early. There was no surgery required, they just told us to stop encouraging him to stand for a while.
Do they know how your son got his hernia, and how did it get severe enough to require surgery?
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Cameron has an
Inguinal Hernia which, in the case of children, is mostly found in boys who grow very quickly.
In Cameron's case, he was the size of a 4 year old at 1.5 years. Basically his internal organs develop and grow faster than what his abdominal wall is able to hold in.
The doctor said that in cases like this, even after the surgery there's a 10% chance that he'll end up with another hernia on the other side as a result from the added pressure to that side once this side is sealed closed.
We're hoping to be in the 90% group.