Hello. I am the very proud mother of a beautiul 20 month old
boy called Timm. He was born with a Bi-Lateral Cleft Lip and no
Palate. His Soft Palate was also cleft. We were unaware until the
birth that he was cleft - affected, but all I cared about at that
time was "was it going to kill him?" Of course, the
doctor said "no" and I just wanted to hold him from
that moment on!! After nearly losing our frist child 7 times in
the first four months of life and then having to have him heavily
medicated until his 1st birthday I figured I could handle
anything that didn't threaten the life of my child.
Timm has had his lip repaired as well as his Palate closed.
He now has a Speech Delay which sin't cleft related (his bigger
brother also had this complaint and after 2 years of therapy has
beautiful speech now ).
Timm is such a happy baby.. with a gorgeous smile. If you
want to view his pictures go here:
<a href="http://www.wantree.com.au/~ssam/tim.htm">http://www.wantree.com.au/~ssam/tim.htm</a>
The file size may be a little large at the moment.. we're
working on that
I'm happy to email/talk to others... my email addy is
ssam@wantree.com.au As you may tell.. I'm from Australia...
Thanks for listening... the page is being constantly
updated.. and I have now bookmarked this one.. to come back often
Take Care.
TimmsMum