When Devon was two months old he got a mark on the side of his head. At first we thought it was a bug bite, but it just turned brown and flat. The doctor said it was a birthmark that just came a little after birth. Weird, but whatever.
Here it is. No big deal.
Well, this little birthmark has a special feature that we'd forgotten about. When Devon was an infant he'd periodically scratch the birthmark and it would turn red and swell up. Weird, but whatever.
Flash forward almost five years to last week. The boys were goofing off and next thing I know Devon's birthmark is swollen. I can only assume it got scratched.
Here's what it looked like. Kinda gross.
No discomfort of any kind, but it looks like a marble got shoved under his skin. Isn't that bizarre?
Anyway, he wanted to know what was going on and immediately called Becky, his favorite nurse, who assured him it would be flat by the time his nap, which he was about to go down for, was finished. And it was. Weird, but whatever.
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Well, isn't that interesting.. hmm. Just a little bit weird, I must say. :)
ok. little bit strange. When I first saw the bump I thought it doesn't matter what the dr said when he was born, you better get that looked at again. Then when the nurse said it would be gone and it was. Strange. But ok.
Ok... that is very weird. Why does it do that I wonder.... hmmmm...
Kathy - I already knew it would go away because that's what it did when he was little. Devon, however, was just a baby then and this was the first time he was aware of what was going on. Our nurse friend really has no idea what's going on, but I'd told her it always goes away. Hearing it from her, an esteemed professional, made his concern go away sooner than when his mom told him the same thing. I'm ok with that. :)
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