hemangioma treatment week one!!

yesterday we started treatment on

miss emmi's hemangioma

treatment for now 

will consist of 

twice a day dose of 

{propranolol}

weekly weight checks 

and 

blood sugar checks

weight checks because

the dosage is based on weight

blood sugar checks

because

 a major side effect is low blood sugar

which is a big no no in an infant

when can we expect to see results???

between 3 weeks

and

14 months

wow 

that's a time frame

already though 

after 3 treatments

we've seen some minor changes

one being the color of the hemangioma

the second 

being less spidering around the hemangioma

so i figure we can track the changes together.

here we are at week one

 

it looks painful

but it isn't

 the medicine made specially for her

 

they say it's cherry flavor!! 

yum! 

and a quick review of the growth of her hemangioma

here she is at one month

 

it's still flat here and we were still under the impression 

it was from the tape used on the ng tube

and here is two months

 

what a change!!!

but that is very characteristic of an hemangioma

they just bloom over night practically

so weekly we will watch it shrink

and notice the changes together

but 

she is NOT in pain

and 

we are very optimistic that it will heal quickly 

and with minimal scarring!

looking forward to next week's pictures

measurements for this week are 2x2.5 cm and 1 cm deep!

any wages on next week's measurements??