We're finding, although there is no immediate danger of him bleeding as he would before, ulceration of the haemangioma is happening easily. The dressing could be the cause, it may now be irritating the birthmark, it could be just 'one of those things' and will continue to ulcerate until its disappeared, we could be handling him too much in that area. Its really hard to know what to do for the best. After his dressing change yesterday, he had another ulcer to his side.
When will it stop?....We hope our trip to London is fruitful and we can report good news in the next post :o)
This is the journey of my son, Fox. He was born with a large haemangioma to his right side. I created this blog to help other people going through the same thing and also to urge any parent, if they feel it is necessary, to always try and get the best medical attention they can for their baby while he or she is still young. If you're not happy with what you're hearing, don't be afraid to ask for a second opinion.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Saturday, 17 October 2009
How Far Hes Come :o)
Fox's Haemangioma is now all but healed. This dressing we're using at present has done all it can do now and I think it'll soon be time for him to move on to something else on his next visit to GOSH on November 2nd. Hes doing great with all movement now and walking and climbing with great ease! The only thing he does do is rotate his arm a lot and appears to be in quite a bit of discomfort at times, especially when he doesn't have the dressing on. Scarring and also him growing will probably not help too. The photos here were taken on 16th October 2009 (please click on photo for larger image)
Obviously, healing the wounds was one thing but in general I feel the 
whole birthmark is still very raised and very vulnerable. If he did hit it or scratch it or even fall on something, I feel that it is still capable of bleeding heavily so we've still got years to go until hes safe.
whole birthmark is still very raised and very vulnerable. If he did hit it or scratch it or even fall on something, I feel that it is still capable of bleeding heavily so we've still got years to go until hes safe.
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