Well much to my amazement, we were able to get in to the plastic surgeon (Dr. Jeffrey Marsh) on this past Tuesday. He's very well known in the field of Pediatric Plastic Surgery (travels all over the world correcting cleft and lip palates), so I assumed it would take weeks to schedule an appointment with him. However, when I called Monday, they had a cancellation and therefore availability for the next day.
He confirmed that the nevus sebaceous on Tyler's forehead does need to come off and even told us that they usually do turn cancerous once kids reach their 20s. Of course for the surgeon, this is a very simple procedure (15-20 minutes) and is perfect to perform while he is already under for the tonsillectomy.
Scheduling the co-surgery, on the other hand, proved to be quite a challenge....especially due to Dr. Marsh's crazy travel schedule. So, they finally decided yesterday it has to wait until June 23 at 7:00am. Good news is that it's first thing in the morning....bad news is that Mamaw will be out of town and Grandma Jean mentioned that this was one day she wasn't available! Isn't that how it always goes. Oh well, worst case I'll just strap Cole onto me and he'll just have to go along. I believe the tonsillectomy takes about 1 hour and then the forehead will take another 15-20 minutes. The real challenge comes when we get home and have to keep him relatively quiet for 3 weeks. The plastic surgeon emphasized how the incision will come open within the first 3 weeks if anything hits it. I'm already thinking that Tyler might have to get a Nintendo DS as a surgery present!
The best part of the appointment was at the end....Tyler told Dr. Marsh something he should or shouldn't do (don't remember exactly what it was) and here was their conversation:
Tyler: Don't do .......
Dr. Marsh: Are you a doctor?
Tyler: Yes
Dr. Marsh: Oh really, and where did you go to medical school?
Tyler: (in a very authoritative voice) PRESCHOOL!
Even Dr. Marsh had to laugh at that response!
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Kids are so smart and quick. Having Melia 2 days a week is one of my greatest joys. I've enjoyed watching all the kids, but having her alone and not having to worry all the time about mom and dad I guess I'm just more relaxed. Even having her as soon as the week after my surgery was such a benefit to me and everyone was so worried that she was too much on me, but it was just the opposite. I don't know how I would have gotten thru the weeks of recovery without her. Kids are such a healing grace in us "old" folks. Tell Tyler he's my brave little soldier!!!!
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