19 months ago (a year in a half for people like me who have to count back from 12 to figure it out…😂) we had our Bilateral Cleft, no Palate (roof of the mouth) baby. She was beautiful. We knew about it because her dad is also cleft so we were stoked to see her!
We just finished her 4th and almost final surgery and we love love love her face. It was perfect before and it’s perfect now. She will still have a nose stent replacement surgery in 6 weeks and then a bone graph when shes between 7 and 10 and lots of orthodontist appointments. But the worst part is over. We can finally breathe. A little. Ish.
Looking at all her progress pictures I can’t even handle it all now. She’s changed so much in such a small time that I’m finding it a lot harder than I should. Verge of tears on the regular at losing the face I’ve loved so much and loving this new face so much.
It’s super complicated.
And stressful.
And I need a vacation after all this!
Once she is fully healed we are hoping we have at least one friend out there that will just take her for a few hours so we can take a break to catch up. It’s been 19 months of surgeries, appointments, stressful situations, and life in general kicking our asses with no break in the horizon. Including finding out this is our last surgery with her doctor because she’s moving. That about set us over the edge. She’s been with us since the beginning and has done a better job than I could have ever imagined!
Here’s her progress. Such an amazing job they’ve done and I’m forever Thankful to her wonderful team. 💜
Our little but loud family. 