Originally Posted by
gunrunner505
My oldest son was born with a solitary kidney. It has been no issue at all. When he was a baby we did the whole take him to a specialist thing for a check up. We were concerned about sports and such. The doctor said, and I quote, “Let him do any damn thing he wants to do.” He said most internal injuries are from car accidents and bike riding or something. You’re never not going to drive a car and good luck keeping a kid off a bike. Sports injuries to the kidneys were about number 10 on the list at the time. He has wrestled, played baseball, basketball, soccer, football, volleyball and hockey , runs crops country in school, all without issue. His one kidney is larger than normal just because it’s all alone but other than that, it’s been a non issue.
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I was just about to post almost an exact copy of what you posted.
My son was born with one kidney as well. We did the same thing while he was an infant. Doctor said basically the very same thing. My son has been active in sports throughout his 18 years and even played high school football (linebacker, so was doing the hitting and not necessarily getting hit...)
His one kidney is indeed larger than normal, as the body compensated. He does take care of himself, exercise-wise but eats anything put in front of him.
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