otolaryngologist

We took Natalia to the otolaryngologist yesterday to have yet another doctor look at the bump on her neck. He was not too worried about it and doesn't want to remove the whole thing. It goes up her neck and is possibly attached to muscle, and he is the first one to say he thinks it goes down towards her breast bone as well. He plans to remove just the part that is visible. She'll be trading a bump for a scar, but he said he would try to make it as small as possible. He doesn't think it is a brachial cleft cyst like we have been told in the past, but just cartilage that formed while she was growing. Then he said it is our choice when to do the surgery. I wish he would have just said, "How about June, does that work?" There are so many things to consider now; Healing time, when Lincoln will be out of town, pre-school this fall, a new baby that takes a lot of my time, and I am so scared for her, etc. I guess, I should just pray about it.

This picture shows the bump very well because of the lighting.