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In the meantime he bleeds a lot and my DD is concerned about blood loss. She's noticed that he's drinking a lot more, but his naps have also doubled! She thinks he's having trouble with balance and is concerned the blood loss has weakened him.
After 3 doctors, they've been told "Yep, it's an angioma all right! Leave it alone and it'll heal by itself." (Tell a 15 month old that!) They've also been told there's a powder that will stop bleeding and is safe to use so near his eye, but it's not available locally. The Ped's nurse told them to order some, but in the meantime, take a calcium tablet and scrape it to make a powder. (It helps but it still takes time.)
Apparently, angiomas can be cauterized with a lazer, but because of his age he'd need a general anestetic and no one wants to deal with that.
What do you do when doctors don't want to help? My DD was in tears last night and was talking about canceling their trip here for Christmas because travelling is stressful enough, but with a bleeding baby...!View Thread
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