just the two of us... kate and Haydin

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Haydin and his tumor....


October 14th.
I took my lil guy back to his specialist to look at his tumor. it's called a non-ossifying fibroma. we discovered he had it earlier this year. It sits above his knee just on the inside of this right leg.
A few months back we went in and did a biopsy to determine if it was cancerous. It luckily is not. But, the doc has said it is unusual for someone of Haydin's age to have a tumor of this size. When i took him back this month we found the the tumor itself hasn't grown... but it is affecting the growth of his leg in an odd way. It has caused the leg with the tumor to grow longer than the other.
It has been four months, and in that time it has grown 6 milimeters longer. which at that rate could be a huge difference. cause back, hip and neck problems.... most people would suggest getting it out when it affects the growth. but his tumor is located up against his growth plates. So, ifthey take it out, they could mess with that as well. it's a sticky situation. hard to call. So, all we can do is wait. i take him back again in six months.. so i guess we'll go from there.

1 Comments:

Blogger Heather said...

So sad...poor little boyfriend! You are stong! Let me know if you need anything BFFF...

October 19, 2008 at 8:25 PM  

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