Hemangioma

Hemangioma-one word I wish I never knew the definition to or quite so much about.  

When Emberly has sleeves on no one questions it or says anything or even knows it's there.  

It's not as though we don't want it there, we just don't want it to cause her so much pain.  

I took her in on a Monday night to the doctor's office.  Mark was at class and I thought the throwing up would be brushed under the rug and I would be sent home with nothing more than - your kid spits up a bunch.  Little did I know what I was in store for. 

I explained that she gets very worked up when we change the bandage on her hemangioma.  After a confused look from the doctor, I explained that I was told I could put vaseline on it to keep it moist - being a new parent and having never heard of this before I did as I was told.  I took the bandage off and have never seen such a horrified look on a doctor's face.  He asked me to wait a minute while he got someone more experienced to come peek at it.  (He got the doctor who was rounding at the hospital when she was born)  After staring at it for what seemed like a long time, they asked who I saw previously and had asked about the vaseline.  So now I have three doctors in the room with me - a first time mom without her husband present- discussing how they have never seen anything like this before.  Then I hear one say they are booking us an appointment with the plastic surgeon for tomorrow.  I pretty much didn't really hear anything said to me after that.