Thursday, February 12, 2009

Mysterious Skin Bump

Things have been going really well for Mason lately, with the exception of a mysterious skin bump on his forehead. For about a week a red spot came and went and we really thought nothing of it. A week later, it stuck and has been growing in size and getting more red for the past 4 weeks. We have visited the Pediatrician twice and have tried two treatments, but nothing seems to make it go away or get any smaller. If it doesn't improve by the end of this week, we will have to visit a Dermatologist to see if they can tell what it is.

It looks like an infected clogged pore and we have been using warm compresses to try and bring it to a head so that it can pop and drain. He is on topical and oral antibiotics right now, just in case it is a bacterial infection. The compresses are hard to do when he is awake, so the past few nights I have been doing them when he falls asleep. It looked like they might be working and it was close to being ready to pop last night. My fingers are crossed that tonight will be the night. The Pediatrician feels that once it pops and drains, it will heal up pretty fast. Since the location is right between his eyes, she did not feel comfortable lancing it at the office and was not able to manually "pop" it at our last visit.

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