Lydia had her second surgery on Monday. She originally was only supposed to have two surgeries but her leg was not able to expand as well as they had hoped. This picture is the hairy nevus right before surgery there are two expander's in each side of the leg. We did eight expander appointments to get to this point. They removed as much of the hairy nevus as possible. She was a little sick for a few hours after surgery but has been awesome since. She up running around by Wednesday no problem. The picture below was yesterday after her Dr.'s appointment. The hairy nevus is dying that is why it is black this is something we hadn't expected. We will have to wait a month and let the skin die and heal before expanding the skin in order to remove the remaining portion with a 3rd and final surgery. It has been a bit more of a process then we had hoped but overall Lydia has done excellent. This looks way worse then it will when it is all healed up.
She has been so good though it all. She is a tough little cookie.
8 comments:
Holy cow! That does look bad. I hope that everything goes well with the last surgery and then you guys don't have to worry about it anymore!
Poor cute thing! Hope things keep progressing for the better. She is a trooper!
Oh man...POOR Little lydia! It does look bad, but I'm so grateful for modern medicine....huh? She is a trooper! WOW!!! Way to go Lydia!
Oh that breaks my heart! Such a tough girl! Give her a love for me :)
Wow!!! I'm glad it's going good and hope it continues to. It's amazing how quickly kids rebound after surgery and stuff. I love that last picture of her. So cute!
Poor girl! Glad the surgery went okay and I hope the next one goes well also. Darling photo of her sleeping.
I'm so glad you guys updated on Lydia's condition. I was wondering about her just the other day. She is so sweet! I am glad she is doing well. Sorry there has to be a third surgery. :(
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