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
The wait must be horrible for you - keeping everything crossed that it's nothing.
Hey, you didn't drop the ball. Remember, the GP said it "didn't ring a single alarm bell". If she thought that, how could you have known it would still be here 2 years later.
Try not to panic. The norovirus & lack of sleep isn't going to help with how you feel about this.
She has an appointment for Monday. The scan was inconclusive. They would have been hoping to rule it out as anything nasty as fluid or fat, as in 90% of cases.
Because they couldn't do that, they need to act quickly to try to identify what it is just in case it is something bad. Not because they already know it's bad.
Try to take the time to recover from your bug & not think about this too much because all you can really do is speculate.
Sending you love.
I'm so sorry. What a worry for you.
It is good that it's being investigated now, and if it is something nasty, they can put a plan in place to sort it.
Being in limbo as you are at the moment must be horrible.
And what a rotten holiday you're all having.
OP I'm sorry you're having such a horrible time, the time until Monday will pass and you'll be better placed to get answers.
The thing for me that stands out from your post is just how far you are from having 'dropped the ball'. You noticed something unusual as soon as it appeared and sought medical advice, putting it onto her records. That means that when you went back they knew exactly how long it had been there and were able to prioritise it. I bet parents who would a) notice a small but unusual bruise and b) bring it to the doctor's attention are few and far between. Obviously I'm hoping you have good news on Monday and there's just been a panic over nothing, but either way you could not have done more to get this investigated .
I think googling is not going to help, but I realise that it's bloody hard not to look for answers at the moment.
The one thing to remember is that there are many, many types of benign tumour (my neighbour has one on her brain) that cause no health issues at all. Some can be triggered by an injury. There's every likelihood that this is the case.
I hope you can enjoy the rest of your holiday
A tight hug from me!
Aside from the virus if DD seems well, which she has, that is the best sign so try to enjoy your holiday.
If it was mega urgent they would probably have kindly suggested you come home but they haven't so that is reassuring.
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