Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 I spent last night in the ER with my 15 year old (who is not currently diagnosed with mito). He came home from school on Thursday and said that he had some trouble urinating. I thought it was just a minor thing and he didn't seem too concerned. We would send a urine sample in to the pediatrician in the morning. Well, I guess that I should have realized that it had to be very serious for a 15 year old boy to mention some like this to his mother!! What he really meant was his bladder was full because he hadn't been able to urinate all day. At 1 AM he woke me up and asked to go to the ER. His bladder was very full--NEARLY 2 liters. He was discharged from the ER at 5 AM with a foley that they thought it would be OK to keep til Monday because they weren't able to get him into the local urologist on Friday. and I totally disagreed with keep the darn thing til Monday. He saw the urologist in the afternoon. They filled his bladder and took out the cath hoping that he would be able to go on his own and luckily he could. He will go back next week. had his tonsils and adenoids taken out less than a month ago and I am afraid that the stress of the surgery and all of the pain meds (that are detoxed via glutathione which is the same antioxidant that services the mitochondria) might have pushed him into mito (he has other soft signs). His two brothers both tested low for glutathione. I am afraid that all three boys have mito. How common is urinary retention in mito? And what other things could cause urinary retention in a " healthy " 15 year old boy? thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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