e.n.t. update

The other day I posted about a small lump in Nate's ear canal and our upcoming appointment at the E.N.T department in the hospital. If you want to read the original post you can find it here. The appointment was yesterday.

I met up with Mr M around 2pm at the hospital and the 3 of us meandered our way through the long halls of the hospital until we found the E.N.T. department tucked into a back corner. 

Nate was in a good mood and spent his time mostly immersed in a shiny twisty toy we found in a basket in the corner of the waiting room. 

We got called in by the nurse after about 30 minutes. The doctor bounced out of his seat when entered the room. He was a large eastern European man with a booming voice, a thick accent, and heaps of energy.

He had a quick look in Nate's ear.

"Oh yes, I have seen this before many of times. It is a....how do you call it....atheroma....sebaceous cyst...fatty pocket. We just need to poke it with a needle and pfffffffffffft squeeze out the fat"

My eyes widened. 

"You want me to poke it? With a needle!? When I get home!!?"

"Oh no, no, no, we do that here in hospital. Surgical procedure under general anesthesia."

General anesthesia  The words I was hoping I wouldn't hear. I don't want my baby to be put under for such an insignificant thing as a..."fatty pocket". 

The doctor must have sensed my disappointment. He immediately said that we can wait 6 months and come back to have it examined again. He said we can "give him time to grow a little" before undergoing the procedure. I felt some relief at this. At least we don't have to think about it now; but eventually he will have to have it removed. And I will have to see my little man be put under. 

Although I am not looking forward to that day, I am so soooooo happy that the lump turned out to be nothing serious. 

e.n.t.

When we were in Florida a few months ago my sister noticed Nate had something in his ear.

"Have you noticed this thing in Nate's ear? What is it?"

"Huh? What do you mean? What thing?"

Being the super observant mum that I am, I totally missed the fact that my little man had a lump right inside his ear canal. It looks like a smooth fleshy bump and nearly blocks his whole canal. 

"You should really get that checked out"

So I took Nate to the health clinic in January and I mentioned it to the Health Visitor. 

"Oh, I'm not sure. It's probably nothing, but you should go to the GP just in case."

The next day I went to the GP. 

"Yes, I can see that there is something in his ear. It's probably nothing, but to be safe I am referring him to the E.N.T. department at the hospital. The referral will take up to 2 months to come through."

The referral came in the post today and our appointment at the E.N.T. department is on Thursday. We go to London tomorrow to register Nate as a US Citizen (yay - post to follow) but I have a feeling this hospital appointment will be on my mind the whole time. 

I really do hope it's just "nothing".