It looks so minor to me right now, but back in 2009, I wondered how to care for a cleft. I, personally, had oral aversion issues and couldn't stand the thought of looking into anyone's mouth, let alone a cleft affected child's mouth. Despite my issues, we sent our paperwork in to China to adopt this little girl.
Once in China, I found out that Ivy did not have a cleft palate, but rather a cleft in her gum line, which affected her teeth and nose. In December 2010, Ivy had a bone graft to fill in her cleft. Tomorrow morning, she will have her lip and nose revision. We're all excited about her new look!
The surgeon will lift up her left nostril and line up the pinks of her lip from her surgery scar when she was a baby. Pray for peace for Ivy. She knows what is going on. I'm sure there is much anticipation.
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I'll be praying for your precious girl!
We're contemplating when to have this same surgery for Jadon. His surgeon is not in a hurry, so has really left it up to when Jadon would like to have it done.
Hugs and love her way; prayers too!
Praying for a successful surgery and peace for Ivey. Praying too for you as your wait for her during the procedure!
Ivy is such a darling girl and we will pray for her tomorrow! Isaac has an appt. with the cleft surgeon/orthodontist on Wednesday to see what the time frame for his surgeries are. I'm sure I'll be asking you questions down the road.......!!!
Praying for y'all. We will be facing some of those surgeries in the future, but right now just doing speech therapy is keeping us busy.
Prayers going up for your sweet Ivy!!!!
I came to your blog at the perfect time! Isn't God good! I've been pretty busy lately, but Tyson has his lip repair/revision on Dec. 21st. Please keep us posted! I'll be praying for Ivy and visiting here for updates!
She's such a beauty. I remember when you brought her home. :) Prayers for a successful surgery and smooth recovery!
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