6 Month Update

It has now been six months since the removal of Keziah's freckle. Things continue to heal very well. Her skin graft, as you can see below, can still be quite pink at times, but more often than not it is the same colour as the rest of her facial skin.

Keziah continues to remain happy and positive about her whole experience. It rarely comes up and if it does, statements are said without fear.

You can see below that there is hardly a scar where her skin graft starts. You can also see that in this picture it is so close in colour to the rest of her face.

My innocent, shy, and timid darling.......

Or not. :o)

When Keziah had her full birthmark, I knew what people were staring at. Now, I forget and so when I see people staring at her, I find myself looking at her for something funny on her face, like ketchup or chocolate that hasn't been washed off yet. And if they aren't staring, they are asking. We continue to be baraged with questions by people who are wondering how she got such a black eye. For the most part we just quickly explain, in a matter of fact way, that it's just a birthmark. When it's the 8th time that day, the possibility of being impatient arises. But that 8th person doesn't know how many times we've been already asked so we do still need to be patient. I can see around the bottom of her eye that it looks like a bruise, but the eyebrow? Oh well. It is what it is. 4 more months and we'll be back at Sick Kids to deal with that.

In the meantime, we will keep enjoying this beautiful smile of hers with her ever-sparkly personality!

We know the next 4 months will go fast and we'll be back at the hospital. Look at how fast the last 6 months went. Actually, look at how fast the last year went! Today is not only 6 months ago that she had her surgery, today is my baby's first birthday. But more about him on my other blog (here)