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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Capillary Hemangioma

Hi all,
So tomorrow Gabby will be 4 months! Wowser! Time sure flies! She goes to her pediatrician again Tuesday for another round of immunizations and her 4 month-old check-up!
This past week we went to visit a doctor at Primary Childrens...You may have noticed in some pics that Gabriella has a swollen left eyelid. The pediatrician has been stumped (since we noticed it about 3 months ago) so we went to PCMC to the eye center for a diagnosis. She has been diagnosed with capillary hemangioma. Basically, she was born with enlarged capillaries in her left eyelid. She has the correct number of capillaries, they are just enlarged. Nobody is sure of the cause, but about 10% of babies are born with it and females outnumber males by 5-3 of having it.
She should grow out of it. By about age 5, it should be gone. She also has two spots on her back (usually they are called "stork bites" or "strawberry patches") that are also capillary hemangioma. The doc said those will be totally gone by the time she is in about 1st grade.
As far as her eye goes, we go back in June for a check-up. As long as her vision isn't impaired they will just leave it alone. Should her vision become impaired they will use baby glasses and possible a patch to prevent the left eye from becoming a lzay eye. Keep your fingers crossed that hers doesn't grow so none of that has to be done!
Hope all is well!
La Familia Gonzalez