Umbilical Granuloma

Baby's umbilical cord dropped off long time ago leaving a lump of flesh sticking out. Our GP discovered this during the first month assessment and gave us a solution and antibiotic powder to apply on him. However, after almost one month today, the stump still remain and got a little reddish and oozed mucous! Fearing that it may be infected, I (with Sis) bought him to the pediatrician to check.

It was a condition called umbilical granuloma and umbilical granulomas develop in about 1 out of 500 births. My baby is so 'lucky' to be one of them!

Dr Ng treated it with copper sulphate (blue chemical - ahh, I remembered playing with this in the old school days during chemistry lesson!) and told me to see him after half hour. While waiting, we (me and my sis) took lots of photos with the baby. (I know, this is just so me! :P)

After the wait (fr the first in queue to the last!), he cleaned up the site and we're done - no follow up was required unless it did not dry up completely. Felt so relieved after this visit! :)

The stump is now bluish, not the earlier flesh or reddish in colour. It remains us of the Russian evil eye, we nicknamed it the blue eye.



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