Archive for April, 2008
April 17th, 2008
Specialist Update
Just realized I haven’t posted about the MRI. Unfortunately it wasn’t scheduled as quickly as we’d hoped. In a reminder that there are some negatives to Canadian healthcare – the only pediatric dermatologist in Alberta works out of Red Deer. She does also do referrals and is affiliated with the Stollery in Edmonton (near us) but not all that often, so S has an appt with her on May 1. It’s not that long but I feel locked into a state of worry while we wait. And I don’t even think they will do the MRI that day, just a consult – I really should call to check on that.
I’ll update when I can.
April 17th, 2008
Yeah for Mommy Time!
Is it sad that it’s big excitement for me to be going for a cut and colour tomorrow? I’m going to a nice hairdresser’s place in my hometown (Salon Montage) and I hope it goes well. Nothing too drastic going on – probably 3-4 inches chopped (hair has been growing since I was still growing baby after all!) and some fresh highlights for summer. But more exciting than the new hairdo is that it means 2 hours away from the land of children. I love my boys but a girl needs a break sometimes and I really haven’t had many since Baby S came into our lives almost 5 months ago.
Yep – he’s almost 5 months old already – yikes!! He’s starting to sit up now and he is so cute! If only he’d sleep – life would be sweet!
April 8th, 2008
Next Step – MRI
So I get to keep worrying for now. We had S’s specialist appt (dermatologist) yesterday and the doc was “quite concerned”, as the little lump (measures about 1 cm) is right on the midline of his face and that can be a sign of a problem. He’s referring him to a pediatric dermatologist with the Stollery Hospital so that he can have an MRI done asap. He said we should expect him to go in this week or next. Poor baby will have to undergo sedation for the procedure as of course a 4 month old can’t stay still for an MRI. I’m praying it is either not much or at least easily treated, I love my baby and I can’t even let myself go to the worst case scenarios. This is not good.
