My roller coaster week!

About 2 months ago, I noticed that Aidens left leg was a little bigger than his right leg. I really didn't think much if it at the time, because he had just had his 12 month vaccinations, and I figured his leg was still a little swollen from them. At his 15 month check up, I mentioned it to the doctor, and the worry all began. By this time, Aidens leg had grown to about twice the size of his other leg, and had gotten hard to the touch. They immediatley got on the phone with some specialists and they all came to the conclusion that we needed to do an MRI to really see what was going on. The catch was that we had to have him sedated for the test, and we had to have 3 different specialists all on call the day we did the MRI, so the soonest they could do it was today. It was the longest week of my life! My mind wanders.....really wanders! I can imagine up the most awful things in my mind if you let me think about it for a while, so you can imagine the pit I had in my stomach all week!

This morning was rough. Aiden couldn't eat anything after midnight, and he wasn't scheduled for his sedation until 9:30! He really was a tropper!

As soon as we got him into his little hospital gown, he was all for pickin' up some chicks!! He would wander into the hall and show his belly to all the nurses! He thought his rocket ship dress was pretty great!

His belly wasn't the only thing hanging out either! Let just say...hospital gowns aren't modest on anyone!

Around 10:30 they gave him a little "sleepy juice" and took him for his MRI. It was so hard to see my little guy being wheeled out on a hospital bed!!

The MRI results showed a solid mass in the pocket of his muscle. They immediatly sent us to the oncologist who diagnosed him with a Lipoma Sarcoma.....that is just fancy doctor jargin for a fatty tumor. The tumor itself is 4 inches long and about 1 1/2 inces in diameter! No wonder his leg is huge! They are 95% sure that it is not cancer, but it does have to come out. We are scheduled for another MRI and blood work at Primary Childrens Hospital next Thursday, and surgery is scheduled for the next morning.

While I am really trying very hard to keep my emotions in check, there is nothing that can prepare you for news that your 15 month old baby needs major surgery! Or that there is any chance that he could have cancer! If I could take it all away from him, and put it in me....I would do it in a blink of an eye! It has been a roller-coaster week, only to find out that we have another one ahead of us!!

We will keep you all posted over the next couple of weeks. We are just taking this one day at a time right now. Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers and concern. We have an amazing support system and that helps!