Gilbert Family: Time for an Update

Hello to all. Finally getting a chance to update on Victoria. We went to the Pediatric surgeon appt this past Thursday. He confirmed that she does have a parotid hemangioma...actually he called it "textbook". So glad that it's nothing more serious. However, he did say that it was going to continue to grow until she reaches 12-18 months. At that time, it should plateau and possibly start to shrink away. The earlier it starts to shrink, the less chances of her having any residual effects. He said that 50% of the cases have resolved by the time the child is 5 and all cases are gone by the time they are 10-12. Surgery and steroids are only an option if it becomes grossly disfiguring or life threatening, otherwise, we are just going to watch it. He said it's going to continue to grow and could possibly become quite massive, but right now it's just a cosmetic issue for us because it doesn't hurt her and she will probably never even know she ever had it (provided it goes away before school starts).

She's absolutely gorgeous and keeps getting more beautiful with everyday that goes by. It was great this morning!!!! Daddy was feeding her while I was cleaning up around the house. Just as I walked out of the bedroom, I looked over at the couch just in time to see Matt pick Victoria up and something dropped from what appeared to be her lap....then it was on the couch. It was at that point I realized she had just taken a big 'ol poop on Daddy!!!! LMAO. I took her to change the diaper all the while Matt is in the living room talking about feeling violated and wanting to vomit. It was so great! She always spits up on me and never him, but she got him great this morning. Wish I had gotten pics. Anyhow, here are a couple of pics to update.