Cole was born with a birthmark on his left temple close to his eye. It started out flush with the skin and small, but had become raised and larger as he grew. While dermatologists and pediatricians assured us that it was benign, Cole had mentioned a few times that he didn't like it and wanted it to "go away". George and I debated the removal for a long time and finally decided that sooner was better than later.
December 7th was the day. Cole was a little nervous and told me that he now wanted to keep his mole, but after a pep talk and some snuggles with our Elf on the Shelf pet "Paw", he settled in for the pre-op wait.
He was such a trooper and was in good spirits while they took his history and got everything ready.
Thankfully, Doctor Daddy was there to help him with his awesome hat.
Snuggling with Lily while they watched cartoons and waited for the doctors to come in.
They tried to give him so medicine to "relax" him before taking him back, but Cole refused. George and I held him while we squirted it down his throat, but that ended up being a bad idea. He vomited most of it. Poor guy! Some must have made it, though, because by the time they were wheeling him back to surgery, he was pretty dreamy.
George stayed with him in the preop as they prepped him while I took the girls to the waiting room.
It was less than an hour before we were being called back to the preop room. Surgery was over! They were able to get the whole lesion in one go.
Cole had a hard time waking up and was sad for a good 90 minutes before he finally "woke up" and was his normal sweet self. Man, I don't know if most people react this way to anesthesia, but both Cole and Lance have had rough experiences coming out of it.
It looks good!
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