8yo dd complained a few weeks ago that she had a bruise on her inner thigh. She said she couldn't remember how she did it. It looked very much like a mark made by her little brother pinching her which on occasion, when frustrated, he does. He also tends to aim for her thigh or the tops of her arms. She's also as active as most 8yos and rides her scooter everywhere, occasionally crashing and bruising her legs. I put it down to that.
A week ago she mentioned it was still there and I had a good look and it had faded to a browny colour but I could feel a lump directly underneath it. Around the size of a pea. She said it was sore.
A week later and it's still there, same size, sort of a reddy colour but she says it's more sore than it was. She does admit though that she squeezes it because there's a lump underneath it and it 'feels funny'. I don't know if that's exacerbating things.
I have a terrible health anxiety, particularly where the dc are concerned and I am jumping to the absolute worst conclusions. Because that helps, obviously. 
She's not ill, not tired or not herself. She's perfectly well. She's also had other run of the mill, fell off her scooter or got whacked with a golf club bruises in the last couple of weeks and they've cleared up within a couple of days. It's just this bruise on her thigh.
I've made a GP appointment for after school today as it's preying on my mind but is there a chance this is absolutely nothing and my sky high anxiety and terror is unnecessary? I need to stop googling.
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DD has a bruise that isn't going away.
SaulGood · 10/06/2015 12:03
Thank you for delurking and many congratulations on your newborn. I know you're probably exhausted and running on empty, but I sort of miss those early days and the long nights. Sort of. A tiny bit. 
You are all lovely 
DD is cool as a cucumber, absolutely fine.
I've spent the day with friends which helps but I don't ever talk about this stuff in rl. The distraction was good though. This is why I need MN, so I can admit to the anxiety instead of asking dh over and over and over what he thinks is wrong.
Hopefully, urgent implies within 2 weeks. That's the usual timeframe afaik.
DD's appointment was today while you were typing your message MakeTea!
We still don't know what it is. The doctor said that it's fat or fluid in 90% of cases and this rules out anything sinister. DD's lump isn't fat or fluid 
It is in the layer of fat under her skin. It's around a cm in diameter, spherical, has no blood supply and defined edges. That's pretty much all I know but no idea what that means iyswim.
He has referred her for an MRI but said that's likely to be inconclusive too and they'll probably have to remove it to find out what it is.
So more anxious waiting.
Thank you for asking
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