Jonathan's Surgery
Last fall, Jon showed me an ouchie he had on his foot. It looked like a common wart to me, and since kids are somewhat susceptible to warts, I didn't think much about it. We got some wart medicine, the fast acting kind and applied it diligently to his wart.
It didn't go away. So after a couple of weeks, we took him to a podiatrist who told us that was not a wart after all but a cyst. Because his is still pretty young and has small feet, he recommended that we go to a plastic surgeon. We contacted one and got him scheduled to remove the cyst.
Last week he had the surgery. Laura went in with him as I had a big project at work and really couldn't miss any time away. Right after the operation, the doctor told us that it was in fact not a cyst at all. But rather a tumor. Of course, that made us both very anxious. The surgeon doesn't think it is malignant, nor has spread but really didn't know what caused it or where it came from.
Laura got confused between malignancy and benign and started worrying more as time passed and Jon has been home, resting and recuperating. He is has happy as a clam, and as long as he doesn't bump his toe on anything, is pretty unbothered by it. The hardest part has been to keep him resting. He wants to go run {read hop about like a frantic lovesick kangaroo} about, while Laura keeps trying to have him lie back and elevate his foot.
I had to reminder Laura that benign tumors are the lesser of the two and in all other respects Jon is a healthy, if not stubborn 7 year old. This week he gets his bandages taken off and can get his feet wet again. I know he will be happy about that.
Comments
Kind of scary at first thought huh? I know I would be just like your wife..Panicked...But...You were definetely on top of it all and sounds like all will be well..It's truly amazing how quickly kids bounce back from something like that...I'm sure he is just itching like crazy to be boucing off the walls again...
Aaaahh enjoy it while you can!!!
Glad to hear he is doing GREAT