The lump part three

Baby Doodle's vascular lump (the one between his shoulder and neck on his right side) is going to be removed on November 11th (Veteran's Day and our friends' daughter's birthday). The doctor at CHOP who we have been seeing since BD was three months old will do the surgery. He recommended removing it now since it has grown a tiny bit and is likely not to recede into his body like he thought it might. There is a chance that it will get bigger as BD gets older and become a problem (block an airway or crucial veins). It sounds like a pretty benign procedure. He won't have to spend the night but will, obviously, be put under general anesthesia.

Just today I was filling out forms for one of my many doctor appointments and it asked what surgeries if any I have had. I wrote none. Poor baby Doodle would have to put one already in his short life.