serious surgical question needs answer....
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 1999 12:05 pm
My daughter was born with severe cleft palate (bilateral) and
has to date undergon 3 surgical procedures to correct this (she
is 4). She still has a fistula. Her last surgery was to repair
this and to @push back@ the soft tissue at the back of her throat
as she has the classic speech problems. However, in the weeks
since the last procedure she has been really miserable and quite
annoyed that I let her have the procedure and I am now concerned
that all of our work to keep her in mainstream schooling will go
to waste as she is withdrawn and uncooperative in class now.
I am considering giving her a space of a year or so to
recover from the operation, hoping she will be more able to deal
with this by that time. However, I do not want to make the wrong
decision as this will obviously affect her and her ability to
interact with her peers etc.
SO - would anyone have any advice
has to date undergon 3 surgical procedures to correct this (she
is 4). She still has a fistula. Her last surgery was to repair
this and to @push back@ the soft tissue at the back of her throat
as she has the classic speech problems. However, in the weeks
since the last procedure she has been really miserable and quite
annoyed that I let her have the procedure and I am now concerned
that all of our work to keep her in mainstream schooling will go
to waste as she is withdrawn and uncooperative in class now.
I am considering giving her a space of a year or so to
recover from the operation, hoping she will be more able to deal
with this by that time. However, I do not want to make the wrong
decision as this will obviously affect her and her ability to
interact with her peers etc.
SO - would anyone have any advice