We took Rosson to the dermatologist this morning (after waiting almost 2 months to get it) & got that spot on his back checked out. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, we started noticing a raised bump on the lower part of his back, right under where is diaper hits, when he was about 7 months old. Since then it has spread or gotten a couple more raised bumps added to the spot. There is extra little hairs on this spot but there is no color to it. It isn't painful to him & he has no idea it is even there. Anyways, our pedi wasn't really sure what to think of it so he sent us to see Dr. Renee Grau.
Today (after waiting over an hour to be seen.....with a 10 month old, thank goodness he is a great boy!) she was pretty sure it is a hamartoma, which is basically a benign, bunch of extra connective tissue, collagen, fat, etc that is built up. She said she has seen these before but occasionally they are caused by part of the spine not closing or forming all the way. She was fairly confident that this was NOT the case with Rosson but thought an ultrasound was needed to be sure. No sampling needed to be done on it but if it gets much worse, she might take some. He has also had a rash/bumps on his cheeks for a long time now too. She said it was Keratosis pilaris, which he should grow out of. I'm getting some cream she suggested that should help it.
So, we left the appointment feeling like it was a good diagnosis & more than likely wasn't anything to be worried about. Dr. Grau left me a message about 20 minutes after we left & said that after talking to her colleagues, they felt like an MRI would give us better images than the ultrasound & would be better. So, they are calling me tomorrow with our scheduled MRI, which should be at Children's Hospital.
I feel like Rosson is super healthy, crawls all over the place & just can't imagine anything major being wrong with him. Please just pray that the MRI process goes smooth with him (hopefully he can sleep through it) & that we have peace about it. I've been a "nervous nellie" the last couple of days about this. Gavan is the strong & stable one during things like this but I get super emotional, especially when it involves my kiddos! Thanks for the thoughts, texts & prayers today about our sweet boy!
This sweet boy was a champ today too since he only had a 15 minute nap in the car on the way there & then being held the whole time we were waiting to see the doctor. I just love him to pieces! Happy 10 months to you baby boy!
