Baby Doodle's woes

Baby Doodle had an episode a week ago today. By episode I mean that he lost all the color in his face, felt cold and clammy and was extremely lethargic. He didn't respond to me or his pacifier. It looked as though he was going in and out of consciousness, which he very well might have been doing. I put him in his crib (he was on the changing table) and ran downstairs to get the phone and the doctor's phone number. Luckily, the nurse answered which meant I didn't have to leave a message and wait for a call back. If that had happened I probably would have called 911. The nurse waited on the phone with me while I took his temperature (under his arm). He did not have a fever. She told me to put him in a bath of room temperature water and see if he woke up. If he didn't I was to call back. He did wake up slowly. I called back anyway to see what I should be doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. "Stay cool" is what she told me. The high for that day was 101 degrees and we only have one air conditioner installed (the other is sitting in our closet, ask Mr. Doodlebug why that is). Baby Doodle and I spent the rest of the day in our bedroom (the room with the AC) and at King of Prussia Mall where we walked around in the lovely air conditioning for hours. He has not had another episode.

Today I took baby Doodle to the doctor to find out what the lump is between his right shoulder and neck. The doctor said it is very unusual which made me worried, but she also said that she doesn't think it's cancer. It might be left over tissue from when his neck was forming and it might get absorbed by the time he's a year old. That would be ideal. But it might be extra cells and tissue that shouldn't be there and might need to be removed. That would be bad. The doctor told me to have it evaluated by a surgeon at CHOP so we have an appointment Monday. They will likely give baby Doodle's lump an ultrasound and if they can't determine anything from that then he'll likely have to have an MRI which, when you're 4 months old means you have to have general anesthesia. I'm hoping they can tell what it is and what we should do about it from the ultrasound.

My poor baby Doodle. He's had a rough time of it lately.