The boy wouldn't tell me anything else.The boy wouldn't tell me anything else. I asked him, I think he's scared stiff." The doctor nodded, "He's in shock. That kind of injury can be very traumatic. Well, I think you better come into my office. There's a few things we should discuss. We need to figure out what to do. I have no idea of how to contact his parents. And we need to contact the police." I followed the doctor along the corridor. He turned into the third door on the right and closed the door after I had entered. He turned and went back to his desk, talking as he crossed the room. "I don't know whether I should be telling you this. You obviously cared enough to bring the boy here. I gather you've seen the injuries he sustained. Right now the boy is doing about as good as can be expected, considering what happened to him. From the look of his injury I'd say he's been kicked very hard in the groin,... a number of times. It looks like it happened two or three days ago. The injuries are quite bad. I've only seen one case as bad as this and that was when one of the local boys got kicked by a horse. It can do a lot of damage. Your boy's lucky to be alive, another few days and he wouldn't be here." I sighed, "Poor little bugger. I hope he's going to be alright. How bad,... is it?" The doctor nodded, "His bladder was damaged and it was extremely full. He probably hasn't urinated since he was injured. That's not unusual in this kind of injury, but bladder failure can have serious consequences. I catheterized his penis and drained off the bladder. I don't know how much of his injury you've seen. There's a lot of bruising on the penis, but that will go away pretty quickly. It's remarkable how sturdy the penis is. His testicles are quite a different matter." I nodded, "He was almost black there. I think that's what scared me so badly, that and the fact that it was all swollen up like a golf-ball." The doctor got up from his chair and walked over to the window. Outside, a magnolia tree covered with Spanish moss filtered the light and gave a deep shade to the room. "The boy will be in a lot of pain for quite a while. |