Buster has now had his visit with "the boss" surgeon. He's name is Dr Cassey. He was a lovely man, sporting a black eye from an incident during a game of hockey.
He had a good feel of Buster's head and I gave him the whole story. He looked at the ultrasound pictures and observed a playful little Buster Boo as he crawled about, pulled himself up against chairs and pulled things out of my handbag. Dr Cassey's verdict was "yes, the lump is not normal, but sometimes kids just get weird lumps". His view was when the lump first presented itself Buster had just started crawling. Since that time he has continued to developmentally progress from crawling, to pulling himself up and now cruising. He continues to be happy and playful and doing all that he should be doing for a child his age. Based on this it was unlikely the lump would be "anything awful".
We talked about options to investigate the lump further, that being an MRI or a CT scan, and what that all entails. Dr Cassey's preference was for a CT scan but didn't think it necessary as he was sure the lump was nothing. He did write us a referral for the scan if we wanted to pursue it, but his recommendation was to just wait and see if anything happens.
Now we are not quite sure what to do. Do we just leave it and wait for something to happen, which is unlikely given Buster is unaffected by the lump OR do we put Buster through the trauma of a CT scan just for peace of mind?
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