Farewell to Maddie's birthmark

The dermatologist has been watching a birthmark on Maddie's booty for quite some time.  It's been changing over time so the doctor wanted it to come off.  She felt it wasn't anything too crazy, but still urged us to get it taken off and some tests ran on it.
They gave us the option to have her put asleep or to stay awake.  We opted for her to stay awake, she's a pretty tough cookie!!!  Peyton.....well, we would've had to put her to sleep!!!  And, Jack,....I'm not sure....he's somewhere in the middle.
Mike met us there the morning of.  Maddie was super nervous.  They used at LEAST 7 full shots of lidocaine.....taking at least 30 minutes....she was a CHAMP!!!  She is so strong!  She did ok as they were cutting it off, until when they were stitching her, they hit a spot that wasn't numb for her.  Then she was ANGRY and just wanted it over.  She kept screaming, "Is the bandaids on YET?!?!"  Overall she was a CHAMP!!!
She has two layers of stitches and cannot swim or take a bath for a couple weeks.  Her incision is about 5 inches....much larger than I was expecting.

She deserved a trip to target.....and what did she pick out....????.....a SLIME kit of course!!!

The Brueggenjohann's dropped her off some chocolates and flowers on the front porch that night and she thought that was pretty cool too!!!