Hemangioma

Infantile Hemangioma: Our Experience So Far

The doctor walked into the exam room of the vascular anomalies clinic at the hospital and introduced himself to us before turning his attention to Dakota.

“I don’t like where that hemangioma is,” he stated. “If we don’t treat this, it can grow and cause her to go blind in that eye.” Those words started our journey of treating Dakota’s hemangioma.

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What We Needed

Ever since having our babies seven weeks apart, my sister and I have been dying to have a day to hang out, let our “big kids” run wild, and snuggle our babies together. We were finally able to make that happen on Friday and it was just what we needed.

It was especially what I needed because Jimmy and I took Dakota to the vascular anomalies clinic at Children’s Hospital the day before and got some hard news about her hemangioma. I’ll blog more about that in another post because I’m still processing everything and we have some decisions to make.

Needless to say, my emotions were running high and I needed the peace of being with my sister 🫶 God always knows what (or who!) we need right when we need it (or them!)! (more…)