Wednesday, May 5, 2010

9 days post-op




Mornings have been tough with not
wanting daddy to go to work.
She will sign "stop" over & over which DOES NOT
make it easy for Brian to walk out that door!
(I don't understand why the sight of me in my pjs signing stop
doesn't quite have the same sympathetic response...)



sleep habits - not great
pureed diet - not so fun for a certain 2 yr old
mood swings - check
BUT we see improvement daily!

We were back in Charlotte yesterday for
Gracie's 1st post-op appointment, and
she looks great!

Last Monday Dr. Matthews repaired 2/3 of her hard palate,
her gum line, and brought the very top of her lip together.
Her palate is healing nicely.
It looks like late summer/early fall she
will have the remainder of the palate repaired,
and if the doctor feels comfortable, a
full lip revision. If not, that would come
at a later date. We are OK with this process.
Dr. Matthews is all about speech development first before
cosmetic appearance, so his goal all along has been
to bring that palate together first.

As you'll see in the following videos,
we're seeing GREAT changes in just one week!
(you'll need to pause the music @ the bottom
of the blog so you can hear properly!)
Little Miss can now blow bubbles very well,
and say her letters "L" & "N" very clearly.
It's amazing to realize how intricately our Creator
planned every part of the human body.
By just bringing the front part of Gracie's palate together,
she is able to say new sounds, and in turn,
we are understanding more of her words!

We know the the One who began this creavite, healing process
in our daughter through a surgeon's hands will be
faithful to complete what He has begun.
He NEVER ceases to amaze us on this journey.



3 comments:

  1. Beautiful Gracie! Alexis favorite word is YELLOW:-). So cute.
    Amanda

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  2. I love seeing the videos and hearing that the post-op went well. I love hearing the updates. Yall's family blesses me so much.

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  3. Just stopping by to let you know that I am still praying for Gracie and you all. I am glad to hear all is going well. Please take care.
    Lisa
    avaseofchangeforlilygrace.blogspot.com

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