Two Peas in a Pod

Chris and Sydney looking cute with their bandages. Chris's was also a cyst but just a quick procedure at the Dermatologist office.

Sydney's was a little more in depth because of her age. She developed a cyst on her forehead when she was about six months old. It looked like a bite of some sort at first, then it turned darker and looked like a little bruise in the middle of her forehead.

The scientific name for it is Pilomatricoma. Dr. Lyon, the Pediatric Dermatology Surgeon, said it would never go away on its own but that it could grow in size. The sooner we could have it removed the better for scarring purposes. We wanted to wait until she was one year because of the risks of going under anesthesia go down dramatically. It is kind of crazy that she had to be put under for this, however because of her age, and the fact that it is on a very delicate part of her body, it was the only option.

Syd was a complete sweetie all morning! Her procedure was delayed about two hours and considering she had nothing but a bit if apple juice for 18 hours prior, she did amazing.

She was getting pretty sleepy while we were waiting so she zonked out for a good hour and when she woke up she looked so adorable, hair all messed up and rosy little cheeks! Then the nurse came in to give her a little sedative to get ready to take her in and get her prepped for the procedure. It was so funny, because after a few minutes with the sedative in her system she started babbling and chatting really loud. The Anesthesiologist came in to talk to us and then the surgical nurses and she was babbling non stop, they all got a real kick out of her!

Coming out of the anesthesia was a little tough on her, she seemed a little disoriented, but she downed two large bottles of apple juice and seemed a lot better. I think she was a bit sore from the tube being down her throat, but she handled it all like a champ!!!

This is how it looks now, not bad, I think the scar should be quite small and blend well. Fingers crossed!