SMILES

my grand daughter was born on 8/12/98 she has a double cleft
lip and no papate. She is in the hosp. now and the MD. says the
repair should be done on the lip first in about 3 monts. Then the
hard palat in 9 mo and the soft palet in about 18 mo. dose this
sound rignt ? steve northam 512-793-2815 email
cybernickel@usa.net

Thats about right. My son was born on 3/25/98 with an
unilateral cleft lip and palate and he had his lip repaired when
he was 3 months and he is scheduled to have his palate repaired
at 9 months...Good luck with everything...

My son was born with a cleft lip and palet and has had his
first repair on the lip. He was just a little over 2 months old.
He is due to have the palet repaired at 12 months. It is a great
idea to take lots of pictures before because it doesn't take long
to forget what they looked like. I thought he was so adorable
before and when he came out of surgery we couldn't beleive the
change. He looks like his older brother.