Re: bump on delylah's head/christy

[Guest guest]

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Abby has a raised ridge that goes along her left coronal suture. It

starts almost next to her soft spot and goes halfway to her ear. She

had a rough delivery and had to be vacuumed. The ridge is on the same

side of the vacuum. The plastic surgeon said the ridge is caused by

the body's attempt to heal the vacuum injury (which was quite

significant, but that's a story for another day). Consequently, the

same things that were working on healing the bump ended up working

along the suture. The doctor assured me that it hasn't caused the

suture to fuse, and the ridge will probably be there for a couple

years. He said the same type of thing forms whenever a bone

breaks...it's just part of the healing and it goes away in time (he

said 2-3 years).

Hope this helps,

Christy (mom to Abby ~ 4 months)