On Friday Ella went through a test derma-brasion. This process is intended to see how Ella’s nevi respond to abrasion. The theory is that some nevi respond well and that when the skin grows back where it was abraided, it grows back looking more normal than before. This doesn’t work with all types of nevi, that is why the test was done. The process went smoothly and took about 30 minutes. We stayed in the hospital for a while to let Ella recover from the anesthesia. Even though it is a simple procedure, it required full anesthesia. Ella was groggy for most of the day afterwards, but recovered by the next day. To our relief it doesn’t seem to be hurting her and it isn’t even interesting her as a focus for scratching. There is a small gauze covering the area and it is supposed to fall off of it’s own accord in about four days. If this works well (we will be able to assess that in a few weeks) then the next process will be dermabrassion for all her facial nevus. The experience made me think of all the future procedures that lay ahead for Ella. All the anesthesia, waking up in the hospital pain, and then the weeks of discomfort following each. It’s just not fair. Ella’s progress is continuing, slowly. She is sitting straighter, in more types of situations. Still not sitting up herself but being a bit more sturdy. She is almost exclusively feeding herself with a bottle, which she goes through very quickly. We had a scare this week. When Michelle took her to aqua therapy, soon after breakfast, before she was able to do anything, Ella started vomiting violently. Also her body started getting covered with blotches. The aqua therapist quickly recognized that as an allergic reaction and a trip to the pediatrician confirmed it. She had two new things that morning, eggs and some cereal that contained almonds. Both are suspect. Some blood was taken and sent to be analyzed. In some cases they can figure it out. We’ll see. She didn’t have enough things to worry about, so management decided to add an allergy.