Holy Moly!

 While we were at Disney World, we noticed a strange mole on Abby's back so I made a mental note that I needed to take her to the dermatologist.

Fast forward to Friday, April 6th.  Abby & I both had appointments at the dermatologist office.  I go once a year, just to get checked and Abby needed her mole checked out.  He looked at me first then it was Abby's turn.  Well, it needed to be biopsied and she cried and begged and cried and begged for us to come back and do it a different day.  Nope, it's gotta be done now, I'm not coming back.  She was really more concerned about the shot but she managed it well and it was over in 2.5 seconds.

Fast forward a week:  I got a call from the MD office that the mole was considered a dysplastic nevus and an excision needed to be done.  It was considered mild to moderate.  Crap.  I made the appointment for May 4th since she had the day off.  Todd told her about a week ahead so that she could mentally prepare for it.  

Friday, May 4th:  A lucky day for Abby, a well-child visit and a dermatology visit!  Our good friend, a MD himself, gave me a prescription for Emla cream which helps to numb the skin so we got Abby numbed up and ready.  It didn't really work that well and more tears and begging ensued.  I said it's either here and now or it's go to the hospital, get an IV then get the excision.  She came to her senses.

She did well with the numbing and they did A LOT of lidocaine.  Todd stood in the back and I stood near her and watched the entire procedure.  Dr. Hougier took out a huge chunk of her back!  Some internal stitches and about 9 external stitches and she was done.  Poor girl!  Just how she wanted to spend her day off.  We are waiting for the pathology results on that and hope that she doesn't have to get more cut out.

Patiently waiting....

The prep...

Post-excision

Currently has a mild reaction to the neosporin....

 

And for your viewing enjoyment, this is what I think of when I hear the word, MOLE.

Enjoy!