[cheekymarls]

Originally Posted by sjlehman ↗

First Post! :] I first noticed it right after he was born, just a few small red spots. By the time he was about three months the spots had spread out and became engorged. We went to a few doctors and finally got prescribed a medication called propranolol, which is usually used to treat high blood pressure. It worked for a little bit, decreasing the size. But after 5 or 6 months on it, it wasn't doing anything anymore. He's been off from it for about 2 months now and the size has once again increased. He's ten months right now and it's about the size of a quarter. Maybe a bit bigger. I don't know what the next step is. More propranolol or surgery.

Hope he gets through this. my thoughts are with the cutey and you

[Kelseecat65]

Originally Posted by sjlehman ↗

It had nothing to do with me! Well, aside from hemangiomas being in my genetics. It takes time and patience for them to go away on their own.

Exactly!! A lot of parents would have not have been so patient!

[hardy-harr]

poor little fella

[T2]

Glad it reduced in size! It's always difficult, when our little ones have medical issues

[kellyhound]

That's some weird stuff. Hope in a couple of years it completely vanishes

[killedbycuriosity]

I was born with one on my shoulder. Over the years it faded away until it's only a bundle of capillaries without any muscle density underneath. My mom was going to look into surgery if it hadn't have faded on it's own.