Skylar came up to me one day and said "look at my circle bone", I tilted her head back and said, "WOW that's weird, I wonder what that is." So it was off to the Dr. to find out. Her doctor had almost the same response I did and sent me off to Primary Children's Hospital to see a specialist. His response was very similar to the rest of ours and said "We won't know for sure what we are dealing with until we go in and remove it." So that day we scheduled a date for surgery. .jpg)
Skylar was so excited, (ya she really didn't understand what was going on) all she knew was she was getting a lot of attention and some cool new pj's.
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Primary Children's Hospital was amazing. They were so great with her, they thought of everything she may have a question about and answered it and even some we would have never thought of. She loved the doll she got and was able to draw a face on her while we waited, she also love the magic wand she used to open the doors back to the surgery room.
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She was an "ideal patient" and her doctor met me in the parent waiting room and told me that her "circle bone" was actually a thyroglossal duck cyst. Which is good and non threatening, but that her cyst had a track ( I pictured it like a tail) that connected the cyst to the back of her tongue and it just happened to go through her throat bone. So in surgery they had to clip her throat bone and remove part of her tongue in order to remove the entire cyst. He thought she may need to stay overnight for recovery but she was a trooper and we were out of there just a few hours later.
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Things were looking great until this showed up.......
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Ya, I think the circle bone looked less threatening. So we went back and of course that was not typical so now we are on "watch". Which means we will watch it to see what other abnormal things happen, then the doctor will decide if we need another surgery or if she will eventually be ok. But, you would never know by watching her that she even had surgery. The very evening we got home she wanted to go jump, and although I was informed she was to have soft foods like applesauce and bananas, the first thing she eat was a chocolate chip cookie, I quickly tried to stop her but down it went and she was fine and has been ever since.
Skylar was so excited, (ya she really didn't understand what was going on) all she knew was she was getting a lot of attention and some cool new pj's..jpg)
Primary Children's Hospital was amazing. They were so great with her, they thought of everything she may have a question about and answered it and even some we would have never thought of. She loved the doll she got and was able to draw a face on her while we waited, she also love the magic wand she used to open the doors back to the surgery room.
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She was an "ideal patient" and her doctor met me in the parent waiting room and told me that her "circle bone" was actually a thyroglossal duck cyst. Which is good and non threatening, but that her cyst had a track ( I pictured it like a tail) that connected the cyst to the back of her tongue and it just happened to go through her throat bone. So in surgery they had to clip her throat bone and remove part of her tongue in order to remove the entire cyst. He thought she may need to stay overnight for recovery but she was a trooper and we were out of there just a few hours later.
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Things were looking great until this showed up........jpg)
Ya, I think the circle bone looked less threatening. So we went back and of course that was not typical so now we are on "watch". Which means we will watch it to see what other abnormal things happen, then the doctor will decide if we need another surgery or if she will eventually be ok. But, you would never know by watching her that she even had surgery. The very evening we got home she wanted to go jump, and although I was informed she was to have soft foods like applesauce and bananas, the first thing she eat was a chocolate chip cookie, I quickly tried to stop her but down it went and she was fine and has been ever since.
3 comments:
Whoa! I'm not liking the look of the circle bone. I hope she heals up and you don't have to go back!
Holy cow! I hope it just goes away and she doesn't have to have surgery. I've never had my kids @ Primary,(knock on wood) but I hear they are wonderful! We're going to have to do something next fall together, since it won't be dance. I miss visiting with you:)
ps I am back to work! I'm trying to do a few appts on Weds and just see how it goes....
Oh my gosh, that's so scary.
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