Towards the beginning of the year we noticed a very strange mole in between Matthew's toes. We took him to the dermatologist and scheduled it to be removed in March in the office. Everything went fine. We didn't hear from the doctor for a few months and after a while noticed that the mole wasn't all gone. We called and the office said that the doctor needed to speak with me and would call back. Yikes! So he called back and said he was grateful that we called because his office was supposed to call us and tell us that additional surgery was needed. The biopsy came back inconclusive and he would need to go to see a plastic surgeon for additional surgery.
Long story short, we took him to St. Christopher's Children's Hospital and scheduled surgery. He would need to go under general anesthesia (a first for Matthew) and they would remove all of the mole. We were nervous! We were also very lucky because a friend watched Aaron for us super early in the morning (starting at 6am) so that we could both be with Matthew on the day of his surgery.
He was such a trooper as he was waiting!
The surgery was pretty quick. They had me go back first as he was just waking up. It was pretty shocking to see him right afterwards. He was so disoriented!
Once he was brought into the actual recovery area, Chris was able to join us. He freaked out a bit when he saw the IV, but he did okay.
They had TV for him to watch and a popsicle for him to eat. He cried soooo much when we took the monitors off his chest. They were really stuck on there. They left red marks and hurt him when we took them off.
After a while we were able to take him home. He did so well! The recovery from it was pretty easy. He needed to stay off his feet for a couple of days, but other than that he was great!
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