Sometimes I wonder if there is some collective consciousness that our children reach into when creating. My grandfather referred to it as genetic memory. Either that or the ancient Inuit people were inspired by their toddlers stacking their toys… I think both are lovely ideas.
I can’t believe I managed to catch them both smiling at the same time.
Ivy had her specialist appointment yesterday for her hemangioma. We went to the Spokane Eye Clinic to see Dr Maher. I was really pleased with both the staff and doctor. Granted, a two month old with a big ol’ band-aid on her face elicits pity from just about anyone!
Ivy’s hemangioma was about half the size for her appointment yesterday as it was for the pediatrician last week because she somehow managed to scratch half of it off on Saturday. Lots of blood and skin, gross, I won’t go into detail, she is fine though. Hemangiomas don’t have nerves (thank goodness for small miracles!) I mention this since Dr Kincaid, her pediatrician, said last week that Ivy’s hemangioma was growing faster then he has ever seen, which is why it probably keeps bleeding. It is growing so fast in fact he called in another doctor in his practice (whom Ivy had an appointment with last time) to confirm. Because of the rate of it’s growth, Dr Kincaid thinks it should be removed and told me that if the eye specialist couldn’t do anything about it he would sent us to a pediatric dermatologist. (In happier news the tumor is not the only thing that is growing rapidly, Ivy is in the 95th percentile for both height and weight.)
Dr Maher is willing to remove the hemangioma though. He does not believe it goes deep, which is a good thing since that reduces the risk of it affecting her eye’s growth, and it is also on a pedestal, which means it is growing from a small area rather then spreading across her skin. Both those factors make it a smaller area to excise and since hemangiomas are very vascular, that is a very good thing. The bad news? Ivy will have to be put under for the procedure, which carries it’s own risk, especially since she is so young. Dr Maher recommended we wait another few weeks before we will make our final decision so he can assess how it growth between now and then.
So another waiting game, Ivy’s next appointment is on March 1st, but at least we have a lot more information now and some decisions to make. And time to consider getting a second opinion too, I do not take the thought of my daughter being sedated for surgery, minor as it might be, lightly.
