Since May, Ryan and I along with Dr. Anton have been watching a little bump on Jackson's back. Since it was getting bigger Dr. Anton advised us to have it removed! So off Jackson and I went to see our good friend Dr. Effie Politis who is a plastic surgeon in Tampa she originally thought Jackson would have to go into the hospital to be put under for the surgery but when we arrived at her office Monday she decided she could take it out right then and there. Jackson was a little apprehensive at first asking all kinds of questions about the procedure among other things!! He told us he wanted to be a doctor maybe an eye doctor he said when he grows up and then he asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up!! So cute he still thinks there is time for me to grow up!!! So after all the questions and Effie telling him he very well could be a doctor with how inquisitive he is Jackson agreed he would stay still as long as Miss Effie told him everything she was doing!! So they made a pack and Jackson did GREAT!!! He laid still the whole time while Effie numbed the area and removed what she thought was just a cyst about the size of a pea. I on the other hand almost passed out at the site of Jackson's open back but pulled it together to not pass out thank goodness!!! Miss Effie was fabulous and we thank her so much for removing it, being so gentle and doing a phenomenal job stitching Jackson up!!! And Effie called today to tell us the pathology came back benign and that it was a cyst/ingrown hair follicle!! Yay!!!! Jackson was so incredibly brave and we were so proud of him!!! After the procedure we went to Starbucks and Jackson chose a cake pop or maybe two as his treat!!!! And perfect timing that the movie Brave came out the next day so we bought it for Jackson as a gift for being SO Brave!!!! So glad that everything turned out to be ok and we can now put this behind us!!! Here are a few pictures of our little patient sorry they are not so pretty!!!!
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| Effie made a blue dot with a marker where the cyst was so she knew exactly where it was to take it out! |
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| Jackson's stitches! |
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| Double cake pops for being the best little boy!!!!! |
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