So I
mentioned a few posts ago that Chase had to have an ultra sound on his birthday because he had a lump on his shoulder blade that showed up a couple of months ago. Well the results came back as a soft tissue mass that needed further investigation. So on Tuesday we went to see a surgeon Dr. Smith and we thought we were going to do a biopsy/ After looking at it Dr. Smith told us that he was pretty sure that it was a fatty tumor but those are not really normal in kids especially one that was as large as Chase's so he scheduled us for surgery today. Telling us that since it seemed to be attached to the scapula muscle he would need him asleep so he could cauterize the bleeding and get it away from the muscle. So today we went in we were late getting there
because of bad roads we had a few inches of snow overnight. Then they were running late as well so chase had to sit in his little gown for quite awhile. But they finally came and got him at 10 they decided that they would take him back and give him a little laughing gas before they put his IV in so
luckily I did not have to watch that
because I think that would have been hard for me.
Finally after about 70
mins the Dr. Smith comes back in and says it is not what I originally thought it was a mass of tissue with a pocket of liquid and old blood in it. He was very confused why he found what he found so he sent everything off to
pathology and we will know more on Tuesday as for Chase he had to cut through 3 layers of muscle to get it all out so he said that he would be very sore and in lots of pain until it heals and he
stitched e
verything up on the inside and then he
dermabonded (skin glue) the outside so he does not have any
stitches to take care of and no bandages to change either. So we waited for him to come out of recovery when they wheeled him back into the room he was already sitting up because he could not stand to lay down. He was still groggy and did not know what was going on but he knew if he laid down it would hurt so he just kept sitting. After apple juice, awhile later they decided to send us home so we got him half dressed, they pulled his IV out and we put his shirt and coat on. As I was throwing
everything back into my purse and just as I turned around he threw up.
Luckily the nurse said it is usually better if they throw up then they feel better faster. We cleaned up and headed home. He slept most of the way
luckily and when we finally got home he perked up
a little and even played with some
Lego's for a short time before the pain set in. It has been a rough night but he is hungry and eating solid food so I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow. Well
that's all for now I will try to post again later on his progress. Thanks Aunt Marci for going with me and Chase today.
This was taken Tuesday morning a lot of the swelling had gone down by this point.
Aunt Marci got a balloon for him on Sat. that finally got him to smile.
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