Cellular Myofibroma
My baby had a tumor. He had surgery to get it removed and he is okay. It was non-cancerous. I just thought I should get all of that info out of the way because some people might just want that. Now, here is the story: Around late December 2023, Abuela noticed that Martin Julian had a bump on his chest above his right nipple. I sent the doctor a picture late that night and said it was not something I noticed before. We got an appointment 2-3 days later. He then referred us to get an ultrasound and this took about two weeks to schedule. At the appointment with our pediatrician the next day, he said that radiology said it looked like a nerve sheath tumor (which is not good). I remember hearing him say this but it did not register until I was leaving the hospital. Even when Dr. Reed said “treat him like the normal and healthy baby he is,” it did not hit me that he was anything different. I googled what a nerve sheath tumor is and I was reading thinks like “malignant” and “neurofi