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Wednesday July 14, 2010

 

I took Trace in to his pediatrician to check on what I thought was a swollen lymph node under his right earlobe along the jawbone. I had been monitoring it for a few months since I am a nurse and he had no other symptoms. No enlargement, no redness, no fever, no pain. NOTHING. It has been the same size since I noticed it a few months ago.

After her exam, she decided to send us to get some lab work and an ultrasound of the area. And my heart hit the floor... I have been a nurse for 13 yrs and worked with his pediatrician at the hospital on many many occassions. She knows me, she has known Trace since birth (when he had so many lung problems) and she knows that I had been monitoring it.  So she didn't want to wait any longer and see. And since he had no infection symptoms, no antibiotics.

So off to the hospital we go for the tests. She ordered some lab work and an ultrasound of the area. Trace didn't care for the needle stick, but he was a big boy. The ultrasound was painfree and he liked being able to see the inside of his neck. The tech wouldn't tell me anything. :(

 

Now we wait for reports and results.