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Another Page in the Medical File

By Anonymous

In addition to biting my fingernails all day waiting to hear from DCFS, yesterday was also the day of Landon's appointment with a plastic surgeon for the bump on his eyebrow (and my first day of winter classes, but I'll get to that later). I had asked about the bump several times while we were stuck in the hospital in October, but no doctor ever gave us an answer- if it wasn't related to child abuse, they weren't particularly interested. Our pediatrician was also unsure of what it was and got us this appointment. Within 10 seconds of seeing Landon, the incredibly kind and qualified plastic surgeon (you should see his resume) diagnosed it as a dermoid cyst. Which is: "a congenital defect that occurs during embryonic development when the skin layers do not properly grow together. A dermoid cyst is lined with epithelium, which contains tissues and cells normally present in skin layers, including hair follicles, sebaceous (skin oil), and sweat glands." Apparently it will grow infinitely larger until it is removed in entirety- we've already noticed substantial growth in the past 5 months.

I will call Monday to schedule the appointment, but he should have it out in a fairly quick surgery under general anaesthesia in about a month. Usually the patient can go home soon after the surgery, but because of his past respiratory problems and tracheomalacia, the doctor wants to keep Landon overnight in the hospital. If the surgery is early in the morning and twelve hours go by with no hiccups, there's a chance we could go home the same day, which would be great. Normally I wouldn't mind staying, but this will be the same hospital we spent 9 days in while under investigation and I'd really prefer to not sleep there again. So hopefully this will be one medical issue that is as simple and straightforward for Landon as it is for everyone else!

Full post as published by Lag Liv on January 04, 2008 (boomark / email).