Last week we (finally!) brought Kyran to JPMC for his ultrasound to scan his right testicle. Not long after he was born we discovered that his right testicle was actually undeveloped so Dr Raj wanted to have another scan now to check if there are any changes.

We were supposed to go there half an hour before the scan so that they can give Kyran a sedative because he would be too hyper to sit still and let the doctor do his scan properly. But, of course, the sedative didn't work and Kyran was still wide awake but we managed to get him to stay still - I had to lie on the bed with him and the nurse kept giving him the gel for the ultrasound to play with. Luckily it was also close to his naptime. Kyran only fell asleep in the car on the way home (!) and he didn't even sleep any longer than he normally does. Haha :)

Anyway, the diagnosis is that, the atrophied testis that they found initially is now missing. Dr Raj has given us 2 possible scenarios for this. First, it means that the atrophied testis has been absorbed back into the body (something called "vanished testis") then basically there is nothing to worry about. This is because, Kyran's undeveloped testis would have had to be examined every year to make sure that it doesn't turn cancerous (although the chances are small) and for other reasons too. Or secondly, it means that what they saw initially wasn't the testis at all (could've been a nodule instead) which means that the testis is actually still undescended and still somewhere in Kyran's abdomen! If thats the case, then they would have to either remove the testis from Kyran's body, or bring it back down into his scrotum depending on whether the testis is still viable or not, and both require surgery.

So we are scheduling an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan which will be able to detect if there is any undescended testis in Kyran's abdomen. And, depending on the result, we'll just have to take it from there.

Update : Kyran is still suffering from his cold and cough :( Some days it looked like it was getting better but today was proof that its not. His poor nose was running non-stop and his phobia of getting his face wiped is now back in full force. This phobia of his stemmed from his last experience with the cold when he was 6 months old, and he had that for more than a week. Add to that his phobia of taking medicine  .... We put the medicine in his juice, and its a tiny amount of juice too, but its still so hard to get him to drink that!

But anyways, Kyran has his routine in the bath now. He takes his bubble baths together with Karina, and he'd go into the bathroom and turn on the tap himself. Then I'll help him and Karina take their clothes off and in they go. Kyran loves to 'swim' in the tub and he has all his bath toys with him [at least he shares his bath toys with Karina, not like his other non-bath toys]. Then Karina will come out of the bath first and Kyran gets extra time by himself. When I pull the plug in the tub and the water has finished draining, I'll turn on the tap and he'll pick up his toys one by one for me to rinse all the bubbles off, and he'll say 'Finish, fish' or 'Finish now' and put them in the bath tidy. And he knows that the red sponge is karina's and the blue sponge is his, and he will squeeze the water out before putting them away. And he knows that the shampoo and the bubble bath goes in a particular corner and not in the bath tidy! Amazing innit :P

We reckon that Kyran's gonna be a neat freak when he grows up [just like his daddy! ]