A few weeks ago we made our trip to Little Rock for Tegan's second laser treatments. For those of you who don't know us well or are not familiar with my son's birthmark, here is a bit of background. Tegan was born with a vascular birthmark called a port-wine stain, a malformations of tiny blood vessels that connect the veins to the arteries (capillaries) located in the upper levels of the skin.
Our trip was fairly uneventful (besides getting my nails filled in a VERY scary part of Little Rock) and Tegan did great! He loved the Children's Hospital; there were so many things for him to play with. He woke up from anesthesia much better this time around and even wanted to run around and play in the recover area only minutes after waking up. His "purple dots" have healed already and Richie and I can already see a slight difference in the "before" and "after" shots. Here are some pictures:
Before: waiting to be taken into surgery
Only minutes after leaving the recovery room 
Healing: one week in
Week 2: almost gone!
Week three!
With any luck, we'll be heading back for another round during fall break. We'll continue treatment indefinitely. These types of birthmarks never fully go away with laser treatment, but the goal is to fade it as much as possible.
Until next time.
