{"id":785012,"date":"2011-12-18T09:49:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=785012"},"modified":"2011-12-18T09:49:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T09:49:30","slug":"poor-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2011\/12\/18\/poor-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor &#8216;A&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It started out as three little bumps on his arm. \u00a0They formed a perfect, tiny, triangle. \u00a0At first, I thought he had been bitten by something, and wanted to keep an eye on it. \u00a0Before we knew it, the three little bumps exploded into about 75 of them, running along his arm, and on his left side!!<\/p>\n<p>We took him into the doctor. \u00a0doc took one look and said, &#8216;oh yeah, I know exactly what that is. \u00a0It&#8217;s a type of wart. \u00a0I had them when I was in the military, but they were on my butt. \u00a0I had to have them frozen off; then had to sit! \u00a0It was not pleasant.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A&#8217; was thoroughly amused that the doctor said, &#8216;butt&#8217;, since that&#8217;s not a word we use at home. \u00a0For an adult to use that word, and a doctor no less, he thought it was hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor issued a cream for us to try. \u00a0Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn&#8217;t. \u00a0We tried it for about a week.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>Soooo, back to the doctor&#8217;s for Plan B. \u00a0Freezing them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The doctor had just started the freezing process, when &#8216;A&#8217; said he felt like it was just like when you eat wasabi. \u00a0The doctor started laughing and said that was the best thing he had heard all day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A&#8217; was doing pretty good, so I decided to take a picture. \u00a0I said, &#8220;say cheese&#8221;, and he said &#8220;cheese&#8221;. \u00a0Just as I took the picture, his face changed from saying &#8216;cheese&#8217; to saying &#8216;OW&#8217;. \u00a0I had no idea which expression I captured, and cracked up when I saw that this is the one I caught&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-785013\" title=\"Alex wart1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart1-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart1-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart1-613x1024.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart1.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He did such a great job. \u00a0It was obviously painful, and he had to ask the doctor to take breaks. \u00a0He cried a bit when the doctor tended to the ones on his side.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the post-treatment picture after they were all frozen. \u00a0A few days later, they started falling off and his arm and side is currently full of little scabs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-785014\" title=\"Alex wart2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart2-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart2-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alex-wart2.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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