We made it to Children's Outpatient facility on Acton Road this morning and everything progressed as expected. They had been back with David about 10 minutes when the doctor came out to talk to us. Once he had David asleep and could look more closely in the ear he found more than he expected. There is a tumor about the size of a large grape. It appears to be a combination of a bony tumor, granular tumor and fleshy tumor... He said very very unusual/rare not ever seen one quite like it. A bit of a surprise coming from a veteran Ped Ent Specialist. He said they could not remove it at the outpatient facility. It will require the full hospital OR, his entire team and an overnight stay. He will have to cut and drill and some other things... And rather than go in through the ear canal they will have to go in behind the ear and kind of "pull the ear back"... He is sure it is benign and no way related to cancer, but they will send it to pathology to be sure.
So they woke David up and we brought him home. The surgery is scheduled for this coming Wednesday at Children's downtown in Birmingham. If things go as planned David will be out of school only Wed - Fri and back on the following Monday.
Please keep him in your prayers and I will let you know more as it happens.
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