During the Christmas holidays I had a bit of a scare. Just before Christmas Travis got this tiny little blood blister on his back. Then one weekend it popped and we thought that was the end of it but then a mole appeared in the spot the blood blister was. The weeks following the mole got bigger and it started bleeding. I looked up on line what it meant if a mole started bleeding and it said we should go get it checked out right away so we did.

We went to a walk in clinic and the doctor said Travis was too young to have cancer and that he would give us a referral to a dermatologist and to just keep the mole bandaged. 

It kept bleeding off and on for a couple weeks but then over New Years this mole started growing every day and it started bleeding constantly. The little bandages that he had been putting on his back got too small and so he had to buy the biggest bandages that stores sold. His bleeding was so bad that it would constantly be going through his shirts and he would wake up with blood on his bed every morning. 

Then one day he called me and told me he was bleeding so much he had to go to the ER. I met him there and he got in pretty quickly. They checked it out and said that they could not cut it off because they wanted the dermatologist to see it and he would probably want to send it away. 

This news freaked me out. I had gotten a couple people to pray for him and his back. I knew that God was in control of Travis life and I was trying not to worry but it was so hard for me to not think of the worst and wonder if this mole meant something really bad. I hated seeing him bleed all the time and it hurt me to see him get frustrated when he would bleed through his shirts in public. 

The doctor at the ER told us to call the dermatologist office and ask if we could get in sooner. I had people praying that we would be able to get in right away and sure enough our prayers were answered and when Travis called they said he could go in the next day. 

We went to the appointment and it ended up being good news. Turns out Travis had a thing called Pyogenic Granuloma. They aren’t really sure how they develop but it is a skin growth. It was so nice to see colour come back to Travis face when the doctor told us what it was and as we walked out Travis said excitedly, “only one more day.” 🙂

The next day Travis was scheduled for a small surgery and he got it removed. I saw them take it off and scrape a bit of his skin to send it away for testing but we are believing it will all come back positive. 

I am thankful that God answered our prayers and the doors opened up for him to get it removed quickly. I am also so thankful that it ended up not being anything serious and that now that is something we do not have to worry about. 

My mentor made me realize something the other day when she wrote me this. “God’s timing on things is always so interesting, isn’t it?  You could have been in Africa when this happened or right before the wedding.” I realize this is so true! I would have been so concerned if I had been in Africa and didn’t really know what was going on and couldn’t be there for Travis and I know it would have been just another worry if it had happened before our wedding. Everything is God’s perfect timing!