Addison is healing so nicely! We are now five weeks post op and we continue to see improvements each day with her incision. It is, of course, still red but much better than what it was. We were told it could take up to six months for the redness of the incision to go away. Oh, patience you are not my friend:)
We have had countless “oh she has a boo boo on her head” since the surgery. Much better than hearing the awful comments we had before. While I am on that subject I would like to share a “cute” story from a child on this journey. As we all know, adults can say truly horrible things about children with these types of birthmarks, but I want to put positive things out there.
So, one day (pre-surgery)
we were at this fabulous restaurant in Nashville, Pancake pantry. While we were waiting in line this adorable little kiddo walked up to me and was looking at Addison. I braced myself waiting for what he was about to say, then all of a sudden he started smiling. I was baffled. He turned to his dad and said “look Dad, she is just like Harry Potter”. He was SO excited. For those of you who don’t know me I am a huge Harry Potter fan, and our fictional hero had a lightning bolt scar on his head from his nemesis Lord Voldemort. This really brought a big smile to my face, my husbands and a friend that was with us.
I know it is so hard to deal with Hemangiomas, but I hope you all can experience more good than bad in your journey!
As always, post comments and I will get back to you ASAP.
Nai said
Hello,
I have a nine week old who also has the strawberry mark but on her forehead. It is growing very fast. I am glad to come across your blog. I find it very helpful and gives me hope that my daughters strawberry mark to will be gone soon. When the mark first appeared at about 2 weeks, it was very light and barely noticeable. When we took her to see her pediatrician he said it was just a birthmark and will disappear by the time she turns one. He didnt mention anything about it growing and etc. A week passed and the mark gotten bigger and redder. I went online and did a search and found that she has the strawberry hermangiomas. Seeing all the pictures and reading about it made me cry and extremely worried. Alot of people stare or ask what happened and after a while I kind of got tired of telling everyone. Some people say just leave it and let it go away on it;s own. But i was worried it’ll only get bigger and what if it didnt go away. I didnt want anyone to see my baby any differently. Some people just didnt seem to understand. I did several searches online and came across your blog. It’s very helpful with all the information you provided and pictures. Now i just hope that i can find somewhere in california that can help my baby girl. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family. Hope your little girl is doing well and the incision heals fast. Any tips/advice/information you have would be great. I’m glad you took the time to update and help others. Thank you so much.