by jo watson » Wed May 24, 2000 6:56 am
It sounds like your son is having a similar surgery
programme as my daughter went through last year.
She had only her lip and nose repaired at one month
and then at 9 months she had the repair of the soft
and hard palate.
Because the surgeon has a lot to repair at once tehy
don't know if they will be able to do it all until
they start the procedure. In the end the surgeon did
repair Olivias at once but every child is different.
I found this operation, to be honest, hard to cope
with as although you can't see the stitches and there
is not as much bruising as with the first op it is
a lot for the child to go through. I think as they
are older it is harder for them to understand what
is happening and why they are on a drip, with arm sp
splints etc. Olivia had the grommits inserted in
her ears too which I feel added to her discomfort.
All I can say is that following the recovery period
the palate operation was the making of my daughter
for her feeding and general happiness.
Good luck from me and Olivia
Jo (UK)