About a month ago I discovered a small lump on Claire's neck. It's right on the edge of her clavicle bone near the center of her neck. I thought it felt funny. A week or so later, it was still there. I took her to the Pediatrician to get it checked out. He basically told me that it could be nothing, or it could be something as bad as cancer. Thanks alot, Dr. BIG help.(yes, I'm being sarcastic) He told me to watch it for two weeks and see if it grew or changed in size. I noticed that some days it looked bigger and some days it looked smaller. So, I took her back in, but to a different Pediatrician this time. She wasn't sure what it was either so she sent me to get an ultra sound of it. The ultra sound showed a soft tissue mass(I think that's what they said). I was sent to get a surgical consult to see if the surgeon thought it was something that he thought we should remove and biopsy or if he thought it was no big deal. I met with the surgeon yesterday. He thought it wise to remove it, just in case. I really like the surgeon and trust his judgment. He said that it's better to get it out of her body. If it's nothing, then great and the lump is gone. If it happens to be something then we avoid a lot of tests that would eventually lead us to this point anyway.
She will have it surgically removed at Rady's Childrens hospital. It's probably going to be a few weeks out because they have to wait for insurance approval. I'm feeling alright about everything. Of course, it's hard to put your child in someone elses hands but I know she'll be just fine. Mostly I hate that they have to intubate her in the operating room. They do this for almost all surgeries, I just happen to know about it.
So, we'll see how it goes. I look forward to this being over and done with and getting a call from the surgeon telling me that they got the biopsy results and it's nothing to worry about.
