Osteochondroma

That is the new word in our vocabulary. Last summer I noticed that the littlest Hobbit's upper right arm muscle was alot bigger than the left. By February it was even bigger so we went to the Doctor. I was thinking maybe a benign fatty tumor, harmless but a nuisance to have removed. Nope. Within three days we were talking to an osteopathic surgeon at Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital (wonderful place!)More x-rays and an MRI later and we are breathing a sigh of relief that it is not malignant!
However, it is shortening the bone. All in all, not the worst of handicaps and a few trips to Children's definitely puts handicaps in perspective. We go back in six months for a check up but as of now no surgery is planned. We hope and pray that the tumor grows with the bone and meanwhile baseball season is ramping up!