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Circumcision
is small surgery to cut off the fold of skin that covers the glans of penis.
Formerly, circumcision was practiced by Moslem, Jews and some Christian due to
religious commandment. But now, some people commit circumcision because of
health benefits, despite there are still pro and contra about the benefit
of circumcision.

Last week on Thursday, 20070712, my younger son, Rasha,
underwent circumcision, because of phimosis. At that time he was only 11 month
old, while I was circumcised at 12 years old.

This story began around 2 months ago, my son got fever without
cold nor cough. After a laboratory examination it’s found that his leukocytes is 23×10⁹
per litre, normally every litre of blood consist of 4×10⁹ to 11×10⁹ leukocytes.
Our pediatrician guessed that the fever was caused by an infection on my son’s
penis foreskin; the foreskin was reddish although it’s not bloated. She noticed
that the foreskin was not normally retractable; it was difficult to retract
proximally over the glan penis.

We experienced the same situation 2 weeks ago, Rasha got
fever without cold nor cough again. At that times the pediatrician was sure and
declared that Rasha is suffer from phimosis, she recommends us to
consult with pediatric surgeon to prepare for circumcision. According to her,
phimosis would prevent my son from normal growth (retardation) and it also
disturbs his appetite.

On Monday afternoon, 2007079, we met the pediatric surgeon
to observe our son. He was on the same opinion with his colleague, about
phimosis on my son, and he convinced us that circumcision for a baby is normal
and common, nothing to worry, he said. Then we agreed that Rasha will undergo
circumcision on Thursday, 20070712. The pediatric surgeon recommends us to bring
Rasha to a full
blood examination, and to meet with anesthesiologists prior to
circumcision.

The day after that, on Tuesday morning we met the anesthesiologists
and took the full blood examination result. On a consultation with anesthesiologists,
he informed us that our son will get general anesthetic
during the surgery. Frankly, we were afraid about general anesthetic after
reading an article from Dokter_umum mailing list; a
boy dead after circumcision with general anesthetic. But we had no choice,
because local anesthetic is only applicable for those above 6 years old. The anesthesiologists
also told us to be prepared that at the period of 1 hour after anesthetic,
perhaps Rasha will keep on crying, and it is normal.

Finally the day D was coming, on Thursday afternoon Rasha underwent
circumcision. The surgery took around 15 minutes. After he woke up from
anesthetic he cried for around 30 minutes. He stopped crying because he slept.
If he woke up, he would cry again, and he cries even louder if he feels want to
piss. Every time he cries because of the pain, we (I and my wife)
blow the circumcised part in turn, until he was quiet or sleep again. At
that night, he always wakes up and cries almost every hour, a tough night for
us and him.

Next day, he was getting better; he could smile and piss
normally, he cries less frequent that the night before. I hope my son is
growing normally after the circumcision.

Under normal condition, circumcision is not covered by
life insurance. In the above case, our insurance cover 100% of the circumcision
cost because the circumcision is part of recovering my son from phimosis.

Hari Pertama
Kemarin tanggal 17 Juli 2006, adalah hari pertama anak saya, Avin, masuk TK.
Hari itu sengaja saya cuti untuk mengantar dia ke sekolah.
Masuknya Avin ke TK saya anggap lebih serius dibanding tahun lalu saat dia masuk taman bermain atau play group, karena:
1. Belakangan ini Avin beberapa kali bilang tidak mau sekolah, inginnya di rumah; nonton TV, DVD atau main games. Setiap ada kesempatan saya selalu rayu supaya dia mau masuk di sekolah yang baru.

2. TK yang ini lebih besar, dengan jumlah siswa yang lebih dari 150 orang. Sebelumnya dia hanya sekolah di tempat yang siswanya tidak lebih dari 50 orang. Saya harus pastikan avin akan mendapat perhatian yang memadai dari guru atau pembimbingnya.

3. Lokasi TK sekarang lebih jauh, sekitar 4 km dari rumah kami, sedangkan dulu sewaktu di play group, lokasinya tidak sampai 500 meter dari rumah.

Hari pertama ada sedikit masalah, dia sempat ngambek karena saat pulang, minta dibelikan mainan seperti kawan-kawannya dan ternyata mainan tersebut sudah habis. Sepanjang jalan menuju rumah dia menggerutu, katanya besok dia tidak mau lagi ke sekolah, maunya ke sekolah yang lama saja (waktu dia masih di play group).

Jemputan
Menurut pengarahan pihak sekolah, jemputan akan efektif mulai minggu kedua, atau tanggal 24 Juli 2006. Saya sempat puyeng, soalnya istri saya sedang hamil 8 bulan, apa mampu nanti  atar-jemput anak selama beberapa hari. Belum lagi memikirkan sarana transportasinya; angkutan umum waktu tempuhnya lebih lama, konsekuensinya; anak harus bangun lebih pagi, naik ojek..wah ngeri!
Untunglah pada hari pertama diumumkan bahwa fasilitas jemputan akan mulai berjalan hari selasa 18 Juli 2006.
Sayangnya di jemputan ini orang tua atau pengantar tidak diperkenankan ikut. HADUH!
Kami membujuk avin supaya besok berani naik jemputan sendiri, kami yakinkan dia kalau kawan-kawan dia, besok juga akan berangkat tanpa ditemani orang tuanya. Kebetulan di komplek saya ada 7 orang yang sekolah di tempat ini, hampir semuanya punya kekhawatiran seperti kami; anaknya tidak mau ikut jemputan kalau tidak disertai pengantar.
Sampai selasa pagi belum ada tanda-tanda kalau Avin bersedia ikut jemputan tanpa diantar, bahkan setengah jam sebelum jemputan datang, dia belum mau mandi.
Dengan berat hati, saya berangkat ke kantor.
Jam 9.30, saya telpon ke rumah, istri yang terima. Agak kaget, kok gak ngantar anak ke sekolah. Ternyata sesaat setelah saya berangkat ke kantor Avin bergegas mandi, dan jam 6.25, atau 5 menit sebelum jadwal jemputan datang, dia sudah siap.
Ya, hari itu pertama kali anak saya berangkat sekolah tanpa kami antar.