Specialists
Friday, February 19th, 2016Charlotte has a surgical consult today with a pediatric plastic surgeon. She was born with a dermoid cyst on her eyebrow. It’s a perfectly benign thing, but according to her doctor it will continue to grow over time and, given its location and the potential to impact her vision, we should have it removed. So she will be having surgery at some point in the next few months. Her pediatrician suggests doing it before she is old enough to fight back too much. Though, given the fight in this little girl, we may be too late already.
Once she finishes that consult, we are likely going to be seeing an allergist, as well. I grew up with a fairly harsh allergy to bananas, of all things. We were careful introducing them into easch child’s diet for that very reason. Rory had no issue with them, and loves them. Charlotte didn’t have them until last weekend. And we–at the risk of over-sharing–dealt with the gastrointestinal repercussions the better part of this week.
We’ll likely be sitting tight on the allergy front until Charlotte’s next pediatrician appointment. We need to get his thoughts on the matter, and we’re fine with the avoidance approach until then.
We’ve had the very good fortune to date of having pretty happy and healthy kids. I know that seeing a plastic surgeon for a relatively minor procedure and an allergist for a mild gastrointestinal allergy are both pretty mild issues to have to address. But the newness of it to us as parents has raised a new trigger of concern and angst. I’m sure it all will go swimmingly, and I feel fortunate to be in a major metropolitan area with a tremendous Children’s Hospital. I’m sure it will be interesting to see her little face appear once free of the characteristic bump on her eyebrow. Perhaps by thinking of it as getting to see her true profile, I’ll feel a little less nervous about it all. We shall see.
