St. Patty's Day and Our Pot of Gold

St. Patrick's Day brought us our own special type of pot of gold, peace of mind. Seriously there isn't enough money in the world to buy that (although it did cost money, in the form of a co-pay to get ours). On Thursday we took Zoey to see a specialist at Nationwide Children's Hospital to have her hemangioma looked at. Her pediatrian wanted us to see a specialist because it has grown quite a bit since it first appeared two months ago.

The visit went pretty well, as long as you don't mind waiting for an hour in the exam room before the doctor comes in. Basically the doctor told us that it is a pretty big hemangioma, but since it doesn't seem to be bothering her or causing any developmental issues (it's on her neck, so there was some worry about it affecting movement), the main concern at this time is cosmetic. She gave us a topical medication to put on it. It's actually drops that they give elderly people to put in their eyes when they have cataracts. We just rub two drops onto the hemangioma twice a day.

We have to go back in a month to make sure it hasn't grown. If it gets too big it could cause blood flow problems. Anyhow, if it gets bigger the next course of treatment would be to inject it with cortisone. Hopefully we don;t have to do that because Scott can't go to her next appointment with me and I don't think I can deal with them sticking a needle in her neck!

Here are some pictures of Zoey in her hospital gown