Last night during Riley's bath I noticed a penny size blueish/purplish bruise type lump on the back of Riley's ear. Of course I immediately freaked out and called DH in for full inspection. We decided it was probably some type of bruise (she's been trying to walk so there's a lot of falling going on). Well, I thought about and thought about and decided to call the doctor. To my surprise, they wanted me to bring her in immediately causing an immediate panic attack on my behalf.
Doctor looked at it for 2 seconds and says she has a cavernous hemangioma. Says she's going to be fine, but wants a dermatologist to look at it, just to make sure. Ok - panic starts to slow down, but then explains to me what it is...I only heard the words in all CAPS...a collection of BLOOD vessels that start GROWING OUT OF CONTROL FORMING a beign TUMOR and I need to make an appt. at CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL with a doc there (I am paraphrasing here). I think I had a heart attack right there in the office. I love her doc, and he is VERY practical (he has 7 kids) and teaches/preaches common sense among parents. But why oh why do they have to use words like TUMOR. Don't they realize that strikes immediate panic into a parent's heart.
I am a little concerned since I am nearly positive I have never seen it before (it's in a weird not obvious spot) and they say they can be a concern if they appear and start growing quickly, so I am taking pics of it every day to make sure it doesn't grow anymore. They say 90% of them go away by the time the child reaches age 9, so that's good. But what about that 10%, then what. Ahhhhhh. This is my worst fear, that my sweet pea will have to have people poking at her etc. She's just too little for that! I know we are extremely lucky because she is so healthy, but I can't get myself to settle down thinking something might be wrong with my sweet pea!