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Cleft Palate Repair Surgery

June 8, 2015 tdowell22

At this point we have been making great strides in our development. Gavin recovered from his lip repair surgery fairly quickly and we continued on as any other family. There was tummy time, he began rolling over, pulling himself up and before we knew it he was coming up on 10 months of age. His cleft palate repair surgery had already been scheduled and we knew of our countdown date. This surgery (cleft palate repair) was going to be…

Arm Splints Post Surgery

May 27, 2015 tdowell22

One of the not so fun highlights of post surgery care for your cleft affected child will be to have them wear the dreaded arm splints.They slip on the arms over their sleeves and are adjusted with Velcro closures. At 3 months after his lip repair surgery it wasn’t so bad having the arm splints on because it kept him from being able to reach up to his face and suck on his fingers or hit himself in the face….