Sam's cyst

The cyst on top of her head is about the size of half a walnut shell. The one at the left-side base of her skull is about a pea size. They both seem very tender and frequently caused headaches.
Wednesday, April 13 2016, I took Sam in for a surgical consult with Dr. McDade. Upon evaluating the cyst he decided to remove the large one on top of her head right away. The other lump was actually a limp node and would eventually shrink. Sam said the numbing process was actually pretty painful but once she was numbed up they went to work while I tried to distract Sam by talking with her. Seeing them take out the cyst was stomach churning. It was about the size of the tip of my pinkie. They removed the balding part of her scalp completely and then sewed the scalp back together. She got a total of 4 stitches.

Sam spent the rest of the day in bed since they didn't give her any pain medicine and Ibuprofen wasn't really helping much. The next day she got the respiratory flu and was sick the rest of the week.

April 20th Sam went back in to get the stitches removed. She had recovered from the flu by that point and was anxious to get the stitches out because they were starting to itch.

The process went fairly fast and easy.

 Sam no longer has pain and her hair is filling in nicely. The swollen limp nods have since gone away as well.
I'm am thankful to my family for their prayers as Sam went through this. We pray she won't have to deal with this again any time soon.