Yesterday Hannah saw her doctor for a post-op appointment. He confirmed what I knew that her neck is infected. We have begun a round of antibiotics once again and will return on the 17th to see how it looks then. Continual antibiotic use is what we were trying to avoid!
Pretty much right after Hannah surgery I noticed a bump on one side of her neck. I assumed it was part of the neck swelling and would go down. But, the rest of her swelling went down and that bump stayed. Then, over the last few days it began to get larger and a couple of days ago began to turn a dark bruise looking color. She has had no fever or pain, though.
From Monday night to Tuesday night the size almost doubled. The doctor is still hopeful that the cyst has not returned. He thinks that since I noticed something almost from the beginning that it could be a hematoma or pocket of fluid that is not a cyst. Hannah has had a cold this past week, so that is probably where the infection came from. It is possible that if a cell was left during surgery the cyst could grow back.
We are praying antibiotics will resolve the issue. That would be awesome. Other options are draining the fluid if it gets bigger or repeat surgery. We are hoping to avoid both of these.
Sorry to hear about this, Sara. Keeping Hannah and you and all your family's needs in our prayers.
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