Ashlyn had an appointment with Dr. Burns, her hemangioma doctor, about a month ago. He wants to do another laser procedure/steroid injection on her cheek. We have that scheduled for October 9th. I have mixed feelings about it. The last time she had a treatment it left her so swollen and bruised and it was the first time she was old enough to notice it. When she looked in the mirror and said "uh oh" it broke my heart and I said I wouldn't do it again. But after a lot of thinking and meeting with the specialist (who has followed her since she was 6 weeks old) and praying we have decided to go through with it. Dr. Burns makes a lot of good points and we have trusted him this far so we aren't going to stop now. Because of the location, our best chances of symmetry and no scaring or marking down the road are to treat it now. Her hemangioma has been very atypical. I ask every time we see him if he is confident it is a hemangioma and he does through a differential diagnosis of why he is confident it is. I asked about some imaging or a biopsy because it has been so atypical and he has very good reasons why we don't need to do those. So we will continue to trust his expertise and pray. I am very anxious about how Ashlyn will feel after this next go around but feel like we are making the right decision.
Paxton is scheduled for a procedure as well. He is going to get tubes in his ears!! After 5-6 ear infections and antibiotics we met with the ENT doctor and decided to go ahead with tubes. Once he has an infection the fluid never really goes away and it leaves him susceptible to another infection...which he usually gets. With the winter and cold season approaching we feel this is a good time to have it done and hopefully avoid more antibiotics. It is also a critical time for his language development and his hearing test showed that he isn't hearing perfectly because of all of the fluid. We are hoping his tubes are as helpful as Ashlyn's have been!
She also had a check up at the ENT and her tubes look great. They checked her hearing because she didn't pass her 3 year old test with the pediatrician. She passed this one with flying colors!
So with both kids needing a procedure at the same surgical center, I had the bright idea to do them both on the same day! Wish us luck!!!!
Here are a few pictures of them getting their hearing tested. One was more compliant than the other...can you guess which one?
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