He's just too old for that now...

Aww...your poor boy! That must be traumatic on a few levels!...first the injury, then having to expose himself to you and the hospital staff, and then for your friends to find it funny. I have 4 boys and 2 girls. My oldest daughter is 12 and I have not seen her naked in several years, my oldest son is 9 1/2 and it has also been a few years...although even then when he needed help in the shower he covered himself with his hand before asking me to come in. It's hard to say how I would deal with it if one of my son's ever had something like this happen at that age. Part of me thinks I would have asked them to have a nurse hold it and then found a trusted male to help at home. But the other part of me says but I'm his mother, it's nothing I haven't seen before and if anyone has to be touching it it should be me. It would be uncomfortable either way. I hope he recovers from it all quickly!

It sounds to me like you are very normal and so is your son. I feel the same way and I will bet others do to. they may be our kids but comes a certain time and we would rather they keep themselves covered. Also I do not thinkit hilarious at all that your son hurt those particular parts. It is traumatic for you and embarrassing for your son.

My 3 yr. old grandson tells me, "no peeking gramma", I say ok I won't peek. I am teaching him those parts are private parts. I am also teaching him to tell his mom and dad if anyone peeks or touches his private parts even if its gramma. Thats where he is getting the no peeking. Normally he isn't shy with his boyhood. I went and checked on you rother post to see what happened and how old your son is. Your right he is too old for you to see him, unless in an emergency. Try to think of it as just a body part, like an arm or a leg. I wish him well with the healing.

How old is he? was he in his Birthday suits? Still you are the mother and can' help but should do it. i understand your situation but why your guests are laughing? if that happened to their child?

Oh, I feel for you. My son had a skateboarding accident at about age 12 with similar results (although he was clothed at the time). I know it was as painful for my son to show me the injury as it was actually getting. Then having to show it to a doc, a urologist and an ultrasound tech was probably torture. I hope he's recovered soon and there's not much more examining it or helping with tending the wound for you.

I can understand your discomfort. My son started going through puberty when he was about 10 years old and I was shocked to see what was happening to him and it was embarassing for me also. He has autism and for a while didn't understand that he is not to go through the house with nothing on. It took me and his dad talking to him several times and having to get rather firm with him to make him understand and to know not to look at the rest of us if for some reason we have accidentally come out of the restroom from the shower without all our clothing on. My daughter is 21 and I have knocked on the door and went to her room to talk with her when she was changing clothes and it embarassed me also to see her. As I said, I totally agree with you on this. SheliaLee

I'm sure your friends are uncomfortable with the thought and that's why they're finding it humorous. We all use humor to deal with things we'd rather not. I understand your discomfort and your son's. I don't understand why the doctor didn't have a nurse assist instead of you! I helped when my son needed glass removed from his head from a car wreck, but that's quite different from a sensitive area at his age. You two will get through this. It might help if you talk with him about it? It will be over soon, and he'll remember how you're willing to go through anything for him, even discomfort like you're feeling now. And it might help you if you have a true friend you can discuss this with, without her/him laughing. I really feel for you both. A couple years ago when my eldest was 18 he had a horrible bout of vomiting, diarrhea and high fever. He had an accident in his bed and I had to clean him up and change the sheets with him still on the bed because he could barely move. My other son, a year younger, helped me move him around. It was awkward at the time but we all have a bond of helping each other and pulling together. I think as time passes the discomfort will, too. I know that when I had to clean up my son's body I was horribly embarrassed to see things I shouldn't but I didn't show it and that made it easier on him. This, too, shall pass! Maybe you should re-evaluate your friends and pull away from those who honestly do think it's humorous.