Surgery #7

Sarah is scheduled for surgery on Friday February 4th. Her surgeon is going to perform nasal reconstruction, a palate revision (to fix a large fistula) and a lip revision. This should help with her sleep apnea and speech challenges as well as prepare her for upcoming bone graft/hard palate repair in 1 1/2 to 2yrs. She is so excited because she will not have to wear her palatal obturator anymore (a retainer like device she wears to cover her fistula(hole) in the roof of her mouth) and she will FINALLY be allowed to chew gum. Oh the excitement, as she contemplates the joy of gum chewing with her siblings! Now if I can just keep her excited and thinking of gum as she recovers and begins her month long liquid/soft food diet.....

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

I can't believe it has been so very long since I have posted to my blog. All I can say is that I am still learning how to balance our schedule of homeschool, medical appointments, sports, medical appointments, church and a few more medical appointments (in the midst of all the regular daily "stuff"). However in preparing gift photo books for Christmas it has inspired me to update our blog too!

I have decided the best way to get everyone to look at the camera with eyes open and pleasant looks is to have them do something silly...







and to hope for the best for the rest!