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After the consultation on Thursday, the surgeon confirmed that J definitely has a hernia, like I did at his age. He explained all sorts of stuff that I didn't really understand or listen too and said it was up to me if I wanted to do surgery or not, but I thought it would just be best to be taken care of. It runs the risk of getting bigger and a rare risk of getting intestines fused into it and stuff like that so it might as well be taken care of. His day of surgery now is Wednesday, not sure of the time since the surgical center calls the day before to confirm time. So there you have it...