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The child went in for routine hernia surgery but the family says the doctor cut the wrong tube.

Sometimes, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the tunnel does not close up and tissue can get inside, resulting in a hernia. It’s a constant worry.” The parents and boy are not being named to protect their identity, but the child is identified as “R.B.” in the court papers. Tom Omondi of Sorrels Law firm in Houston, who is representing the family, told Today that the boy is not currently in any pain but that the family is dealing with the emotional fallout. The lawsuit alleges that R.B. will “more than likely contend with fertility issues later in life” and will have to face “future medical expenses, future pain, mental anguish, future disfigurement, physical impairment and future expenses for fertility treatments.” “The swelling would come and go,” the lawsuit says, “and would be less in the mornings and increase in the evenings.”