I was talking to a colleague this afternoon whose son had recently undergone some heart surgery. Apparently it is considered small case as surgery only lasted 4hrs whereas she had seen babies there as young as only 1 month old going through surgeries that lasted more than 10hrs. Doesn't it make us feel blessed that our children are at least born healthy.
It reminds me that Jay is also not born perfect too and had given me quite a scare back then. Looking back now, it really wasn't a big deal. He has a red birthmark on the right side of his head. It started really small in the beginning, but it grows bigger and bigger everyday. The bigger it is, the more worried I am although my gynae and the PD said that it will go away by the time he reaches 5-7 years old. It is called a 'strawberry hemangioma'. These birthmarks happen when many new blood vessels grow in a specific area on the skin. But being a first time mother and a perfectionist according to horoscope, I really freaked out and observed the birthmark everyday. We did not shaved his head as partly we were worried of hurting that little thing there and partly to use his available hair to try cover up. When we go out, he will aways be wearing a cap.
True enough, the birthmark started shrinking when he reached 2 years old. Since then, I have stopped the observation altogether and have even almost forgotten about it until today. I must remember to take a pic tomorrow morning as a remembrance. I believe it is still there, but is really small and colour has also faded to very light pink.
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