This summer a spot appeared on Jake's face. It looked like a blood blister, pretty harmless. It seemed to grow as the weeks passed and finally he scratched it open 2 weeks ago. We got the bleeding under control and put liquid Bandaid on it. Well, this Thursday it openned up again. It bled uncontrollably Friday and I took him to the ped. The ped said it's a pyogenic granuloma and would need to be removed by a pediatric plastic surgeon. The ped cauterized it, but was doubtful that would hold. Sure enough, we were headed to the zoo on Saturday when it started bleeding again. We went to the ER and had it cauterized again and covered with DermaBond. We are scheduled to see a plastic surgeon Monday, but just for a consult. While this may not seem like a crisis, it's caused serious disruption to all of our lives. Jake is slowly bleeding all over his clothes, bedding, not to mention the house. The health care professionals don't seem to be concerned about this because he's not gushing blood. I try not to overreact to these types of situations, but I'm seriously stressed out. We need to get this under control ASAP. I couldn't even take him to church today because I was afraid he would start bleeding all over the place. On top of that, he is sick and vomitted more than I've ever seen a child vomit this morning. Please pray for us. We are incredibly stressed by this (seemingly) benign situation.
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