Needing Advice with My 3 Month Old Son!

R.,

I am so sorry to hear that you, your son and your family must go through this. As a mother of a very premature baby who was born 3 months earlier, I share your pain. One way to decide whether or not to continue with the MRI depends on worst case scenario. What would happen if you did not get the MRI to find out the cause? I think that will answer your question. If the worst case is something you can handle, then albeit wait for it to go away or show other symptoms that require attention. Otherwise, I suggest getting the MRI. In the grand scheme of your son's life, this is but a small challenge. Babies are fighters. I have one. I know!

Take care! I wish your son well!

K

R.,

What a tough decision to have to make. I don't envy you having to struggle with this. My questions for the doctor(s) would be 1) If it is a plot of fat, what are possible complications from leaving it alone? 2) Same question for the muscle budge 3) Would your sone be better able to handle the surgery now or later? In other words, do the doctors think that operating at this point would be a smaller procedure with less trauma for him than waiting until potentially the fat/muscle issue because larger (this, I would think would depend on the answers to 1 & 2 as well)? 4) What are the risks of the anethesia for a 3 mo?

For me, personally, if I didn't think that leaving the plot of fat or muscle bulge alone would cause him pain or become a worse problem for him to deal with later, I would wait to see what happens with it. In that case, then you are only delaying what will need to be done later, but his little body will have time to grow and become even stronger for handling whatever the remedy for the issue is. If there were a strong possibility that the issue would become much worse over time if left alone, then I would want to risk the anethesia to determine what we were dealing with.

I wish I had a more helpful resonse. Good luck with this!

P.

Hi R.!

I'm sorry you're having to go through this!! My daughter was an 8 week preemie and born with an ovarian cyst on her left ovary and unfortunately her cyst continued to grow rather than go away. When she was two months old (basically zero), she had to undergo surgery and had her ovary and left fallopian tube removed. My point there is not to worry so much about being put to sleep. What hospital have you been visiting for your sons treatments? The Pediatric Surgeon who started taking care of my daughter while she was in the NICU was wonderful!! He does his surgery at Children's in Dallas off 75 and they had a great anesthesiologist.

I know you don't want to jump into any kind of unneccessary surgeries or treatments for your sweet tiny baby, I wouldn't want to either. And even if right now this little knot doesn't bother him, it could possibly continue to grow and bother him later. Or it could be nothing and go away but you'll never know unless you get to the bottom of it. And I know it's more frustrating for you when all ultrasounds and everything points to nothing!

Good luck!

Go to a pediatric surgeon. I knew one from the hospital and when I took my 3month old son to him, he was great. My little one had a hydrocele- we were worried about a hernia and never had to follow up. Instead of messing around with more tests go to Dr Darryl Herman- He is one of the best pediatric surgeons in the city. They have offices in Plano and in Dallas. I would hate to put your little one through an MRI esp if it is not needed BUT at the same time you wouldn't want to miss anything important or serious. So see the surgeon first and get his advice.
Hope this helps.
H.