As kids, they underwent a common test for UTIs. As adults, it haunts them as a traumatic ‘nightmare’
As kids, they underwent a common test for UTIs. As adults, it haunts them as a traumatic "nightmare."
This story contains descriptions of an invasive medical procedure and mention of sexual assault.
It’s been nearly three decades since Shelby Smith underwent a series of invasive procedures as a young child to diagnose the cause of recurring urinary tract infections. But the trauma of the procedure, which required her to be restrained while a physician threaded a catheter up her urinary tract without sedation, still impacts her profoundly.
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