Children's Hospital Visit

I was able to get an appointment for Jackson's bump with a cranial facial plastic surgeon at Children's today, so Corey and I took him in this morning.  It was our second trip there -- his first back in June for his hip ultrasound to ensure he didn't have a dislocated hip. 

Our appointment was right around naptime, and J didn't sleep in the car on the way there, so it was great that both Corey and I were there so that we could both try to keep him happy, play with him and feed him snacks.  We were taken into the exam room right at 9:15, our scheduled appointment time; however, our doctor got pulled into a 'complex clinical issue' and was delayed in coming to see us.  So, in the hour we waited for him, we continued to keep J entertained and then he finally took a quick catnap in my arms.

The good news is that the doctor confirmed that the bump on his head was a dermoid cyst and said that its location is the most common.  This typically makes for a quick and easy outpatient surgery (they always remove them, otherwise they will continue to grow).  The first thing they need to do is a CT scan, which we'll be scheduling soon, to better understand the size of the cyst and how deep it is --- his is a little higher than they typically are, which could mean it goes down a little deeper.  The scan will require a fast acting/short lasting anesthesia.  After his CT scan, we'll meet with the doctor to review the scans and then schedule an appointment for the surgery, which will require general anesthesia, though we should be able to take him home that day.

All of this should be done by or around his first birthday.  And the doc thinks that with how regenerative the skin and tissue around the eye is, J shouldn't even have much of a scar a year or so down the road.

So, while we're bummed that he'll need surgery and anesthesia, we are so glad that it's simply a cyst and we hope that he'll be good as new before we know it!