As some of you may know Bryce has been dealing with a dermoid cyst growing underneath his skin on his right eyebrow. We have known about it for awhile, and believe it has been growing since he was a baby. We have talked with a few doctors here in AR as well as UT and they all have said that these cysts typically are non cancerous but they will continue to grow, so the only option is to have it removed. (On a side note his cousin on Dean's side had the exact same thing and she got it removed around the same age.) Well that day finally had to come (we had put it off long enough).Last week Edie and Bryce went very early in the morning to check in at the hospital. We got all the papers signed and then off to the room to get changed in the gown. As you can see they make them nice and fun for children. I allowed him to bring Connor's lightning McQueen little pillow, for he loves "Ca-Chow" as he calls him, to make him feel more at ease with everything. Edie was with Bryce up to the very point the nurses and doctors had to wheel him into the surgery room. Edie gave him a kiss, told him she loved him, and off they went. At that point is when the nervousness kicked in for both of them. As he was being escorted away Bryce's mouth started to pucker up almost to the point of shedding tears of not knowing what was happening to him. Watching your baby being taken away is a very hard thing. But one of the kind nurses put Edie's mind at ease when she called in the waiting room about 5 or so min after just to tell her that he did not cry at all and was a trooper during the whole process of getting the gas mask on and getting him off to deep sleep. The surgery took a little longer than planed since the cyst was a little bit different than they thought, but everything went fine and our little guy was back in Edie's arms once again safe and sound! A few hours after, we were all back in our home sweet home!
At home trying to get Bryce to show his eye
but he wanted to show off his hospital bear he
got and his beloved Thomas first.
His mighty war wound!
The day after. His eye was red and swollen, but
his spirits and smiles were way Up! You would have never
known he had gone through surgery the day before
if it were not for his eye being like it was.
Each day after that his eye seemed to look better. The swelling only lasted about a day or so, and then minimal bruising after that. Now after 5 days there still is bruising, but only really on his eyelid and a little bit down to his nose. It kind of looks like he is wearing eyeshadow. The recovery has been great and pretty much the day after was back to normal activity. We also got back the lab results saying that this cyst was indeed benign as anticipated. We are so thankful for all the prayers that were given on his behalf, because we know that helped tremendously! We are glad and feel very blessed that our little trooper is fine and as sweet as ever!
