Ben had minor surgery today. He had a cyst under his eyebrow that we’d been watching for 6+ months. It slowly kept getting bigger so we decided it was just time to get it removed. He saw the pediatric plastic surgeon this morning and was well taken care of by the staff of a local surgery center.

He was really good while we waited for the doctor, only getting ornery towards the end. He was mostly interested in the hospital bracelet around his ankle. Bear and blankie helped get him through too.

Afterwards, he was very much out of it and pretty grumpy (I would be too!)

He ate some animal crackers and milk and that made things a little better (he had to miss breakfast so he was pretty hungry). He got 5 stitches that will dissolve over time and there will be the tiniest little scar in the crease of his eyelid. The black scribble on his forehead is just marker indicating which eyelid had the little lump.

We just took it easy today, watched a little Sesame and snuggled. Although he didn’t “nap all day” like they told me he would ;-) He was just grumpy and kind of out of it, but started to act more like himself after dinner. We have a follow up in two weeks to check things over and find out what the little lumpy actually was. His pediatrician along with the dermatologist we saw along the way and the plastic surgeon all think it’s just a clump of dead skin cells and gunk that started collecting after he bonked himself there. So I’m not too worried about it and very thankful for the skilled, compassionate staff who helped us today.