Heart Surgery Scar

I tell my child that his scars are birth marks. They make him an individual. I show him my scars and tell him they are birth marks, and he's okay with it.

Vitamin E cream is exceptional.
Funny how we let something like a scar bother us so much instead of being grateful there was something that could be done to save a life.

the FIRST thing that came to mind is her "zipper" i don't know why, it just seems appropriate for a heart surgery scar.

H.,
How about the scar that Saved my life.

K.

I think others may have misunderstood your sentimental intent here :)

Anyway, the first thing that came to mind: butterfly kiss

Hope that helps!

Hi H., So sorry to hear your friends baby had to have the heart surgery. I just fell and had 14 stitches put above my eye and the Dr. said to put vitamin E on it and or aloe. He said it would keep it from scaring. The Dr. also said to use sunscreen #30 or more when going in the sun as the scar may turn darker than the rest of the skin. God Bless and I hope this helps.

I think it's been said already, but I know a little girl who had multiple heart surgeries as a baby, and they call them her angel kisses. She feels so special to be able to say that. It has really helped her deal with having something different than her siblings.

Hi H.,
My niece had heart surgery when she was 3, and my sister taught her to call it a scratch, it sounds a little less serious and my niece took to that and thats what she still calls it.
Hope this helps.

A. V.

H. we who have had by pass surgery say we are members of the zipper club. While it doesn't look much like a zipper now it did then it's been a little over a year.
C.

Why would she want to call it anything but the truth, it probably saved her childs life.The scar will fade as it grows up. My friend's son had heart surgery at 5 days old and you can't even see it now he just turned 18.Even by the time he entered school it had faded so much that it just looked like a bad scratch from years ago.

My son had <a href="http://www.orwellppu.co.uk/treatments/heart_surgery.aspx&...; heart surgery essex</a> and it ws quite unbearable to see him like that, he was born with a small hole in the left side. Hes 6 now and he calls his scar "pointy"

Hi,

I am a 44 year old Mom of an 8yr old boy. My husband had open heart surgery when he was 40 years old, before we had our son. We have always referred to Daddy's scar as his "zipper". Its how the Dr's got in to fix Daddy's heart.
Hope this helps.

M. R.

Is it a boy or a girl? Maybe for a girl...her angel's kiss. Or for a boy...his ninja scar.

My nephew also had heart surgery at a young age. We always said that his scar was his zipper where the doctor fixed his heart. Hope that helps!

I think angel kiss is good. You could also call it his zest. Like his zest for life. Hope this helps. My daughter was born with holes in her heart and we had the scare that she may need surgery to close them but thank goodness they closed on their own. I had thought a lot about the surgery and the scar that would come after. We were very lucky we didn't have to go that route. Glad everything worked out for your friends baby.

The first thing that came to my mind was 'decoration'. I think it's a cute word, and that's what military folks call their badges of honor.

I hope the little girl is doing well.

I had my appendix out as a child. My parents always called it my "zipper"