Today he turned 8 months old.
Outtakes
On Thursday January 14th, Nick will be having surgery done on the mole that is on the back of his head. They originally thought it was just a birthmark but we had it further examined we learned it was a mole and if we did nothing, there would be a 15% chance of him getting Melanoma. The doctors told us it would be best to do it now rather than wait. Mommy and Daddy made the difficult decision to go ahead with it, the hardest part for us is that they will have to put him under twice, to do the procedure.How its done- His mole is 2" x 2", they will cut down the middle of it and insert two "spacers" that will go on either side. They are same dimension as a flat bar of soap, for now. They will have two tubes that are attached to the spacers that also will be under his skin. Those tubes will allow us to fill up the spacers with a needle, each week with saline. Every week they will grow, along with his skin. 6-12 weeks later when they feel they have enough skin, Nick will go undergo the second surgery to have it all removed.
Prayers are welcomed.
MY prayers are with you. That will be quite tramatic for Nick and both of you but knowing that it will prevent him from getting melanoma, it will be all worth it. Keep the faith . . .
ReplyDeleteYou'll have more prayers than you know.... and it will hurt you both more than him. This will be just a small blip on his radar... I predict it will slow him down for about a minute....
ReplyDeleteOh.... and love the outtakes!!!!!!
Love, Grandpa & Grandma Bowman
I just wanted to know that I am praying for all of you.
ReplyDeleteLove, Mhairi (MacMillan) Doty
Thank you all!
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