We recently met with the plastic surgeon we have chosen to do Teryn's cleft repair. Since this particular hospital and his office is 4 hours away we left the night before and spent the night in a hotel. We just thought that much travel in one day was too much to demand of Teryn.
Here she is dressed and ready to go.
Lounging on the bed while Mommy and Daddy packed up everything.
Talking to Daddy as she is getting dressed.
She has recently started reaching out for people's faces. So sweet. Look at her smiling at her Daddy.
Ok....so the meeting with the surgeon. He said that her cleft is not very wide which is a good thing. Another good thing is that it doesn't appear to affect her gumline at all. Because of the other health issues she has he is not in a major hurry to do the surgery. He said we could wait as long as 2 years but he would prefer to do it around 12-18 months of age. He is referring us to meet with the entire cleft team at the hospital. This was the reason we chose this particular surgeon and hospital. They will assign Teryn a cleft team consisting of the surgeon, ENT, neurologist, PT, OT, speech, gastroenterologist, and basically anyone else who would need to be consulted to make decisions about her as a whole. We will probably meet with them after Christmas and based on how she is doing in all areas we will schedule the surgery. We are thinking probably the beginning of the summer. That way I can stay with her the entire time in the hospital without missing work and also be at home with her for the further recovery.
It is very exciting to think that we are getting so close to being able to resolve yet another medical issue for our precious girl.
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