November 16, 2011

McKinley had an appointment at Children's Hospital a few weeks ago to have her hemangioma evaluated. It had ulcerated and our pediatrician had referred us to a specialist at Children's. At our appointment the specialist had said that it was nothing to be too concerned about but recommended that we have a couple rounds of laser therapy. She said that the laser therapy would help to prevent it from ulcerating again, because it can be very painful when it ulcerates.

So this morning we had our first laser treatment. We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 so we woke the girls up around 5:45! We got to the hospital and were funneled from one receptionist to the next until we ended up in the surgery waiting area. We waited in the waiting room for an hour and a half, which was a challenge with 2 active little ones!! They finally called us back and the whole procedure took about 10 seconds. The nurse covered McKinley's eyes and the doctor took a laser and zapped around the hemangioma. They said that it felt like small rubber band pops. McKinley was a trooper and seemed more upset that her eyes were covered than the pain of the laser. She was great once we picked her up...well once her daddy was holding her! :) We will go back in a few months for another treatment and hopefully it will be our last.