Jeff had his follow-up with Dr. Taylor yesterday, and all is well. His official diagnosis is "Fibrous Hamartoma of infancy. "Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI) is a rare, benign soft tissue tumor that usually occurs within the first two years of life." It is unlikely to recur and is completely benign.
It is pretty rare though. Not a commonly seen type of tumor. It is always treated with surgical excision.
Thought you might like to know!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Update - Jeffrey
I would like to thank you all for the prayers you have offered up for Jeffrey and for the doctors and nurses in whose care he was trusted. His surgery was performed this past Monday, and all has gone very well.
We arrived at the hospital at 7 am, as we were instructed to do. Soon after, we were in the Pediatric Surgery holding area, where we were informed that his surgery was to be delayed, due to an emergency appendectomy that needed to be performed. No big deal, though, because we knew that this could happen.
When it was Jeffrey's turn, the nurses gave him a sedative about 30 minutes before his surgery was to begin. This made him a little drowsy, but mostly just plain old silly! He was speaking funny, moving in what seemed to be slow motion, and toppling over. You couldn't help but laugh.
When it was his time to go, the nurse carried him away. Jeff was super calm, which made things much easier on me and Paul, for sure. We waited for his procedure to be completed for about 45 minutes. Finally, Dr. Taylor came out and let us know that the surgery went very well! In addition, she showed us a photo of the tumor, which she was almost sure was just a lipoma, or "fatty tumor", and nothing to cause further concern. Thanks be to God!
While we won't know with 100% certainty until this coming Monday, we are greatly relieved. I had expected bad news, based on her original thinking. I can only attribute her great news to the plethora of prayers said on Jeffrey's behalf.
Jeff's follow-up appointment is this Monday, October 17 at 2:30 pm. We will have the definitive results from the pathology lab at this time. I am sure if the news were negative, we would have received a phone call to come in earlier.
So again, my dear friends and family, thank you for your prayers. It has meant all the world to us.
Our love,
The Davison's
Paul, Jessica, Andrew, Amanda, Jeffrey, and Peter
We arrived at the hospital at 7 am, as we were instructed to do. Soon after, we were in the Pediatric Surgery holding area, where we were informed that his surgery was to be delayed, due to an emergency appendectomy that needed to be performed. No big deal, though, because we knew that this could happen.
When it was Jeffrey's turn, the nurses gave him a sedative about 30 minutes before his surgery was to begin. This made him a little drowsy, but mostly just plain old silly! He was speaking funny, moving in what seemed to be slow motion, and toppling over. You couldn't help but laugh.
When it was his time to go, the nurse carried him away. Jeff was super calm, which made things much easier on me and Paul, for sure. We waited for his procedure to be completed for about 45 minutes. Finally, Dr. Taylor came out and let us know that the surgery went very well! In addition, she showed us a photo of the tumor, which she was almost sure was just a lipoma, or "fatty tumor", and nothing to cause further concern. Thanks be to God!
While we won't know with 100% certainty until this coming Monday, we are greatly relieved. I had expected bad news, based on her original thinking. I can only attribute her great news to the plethora of prayers said on Jeffrey's behalf.
Jeff's follow-up appointment is this Monday, October 17 at 2:30 pm. We will have the definitive results from the pathology lab at this time. I am sure if the news were negative, we would have received a phone call to come in earlier.
So again, my dear friends and family, thank you for your prayers. It has meant all the world to us.
Our love,
The Davison's
Paul, Jessica, Andrew, Amanda, Jeffrey, and Peter
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