Waiting Game

Last week we had our cleft team appointment. We met with the dentist, geneticist, ENT, speech therapist, and Savannah's plastic surgeon. We are concerned about her speech and that was the main focus of the this appointment. The speech therapist wants to wait another year and do diagnostic tests then. Mainly scoping her palate while awake and talking to see how it moves. This has to wait a year due to Savannah's most likely non-cooperation with the procedure.

After talking with the speech therapist we met with her plastic surgeon. She had a different take. She acknowledged that Savannah's palate looks short and should be lengthened. It has a 70% chance of working and improving her speech. It also has the possibility of being the only additional surgery that she would need. So we agree that we should do the surgery.

The plastic surgeon will recommend surgery at the team meeting after all the appointments are finished. If the rest of the team agrees the surgeon's scheduler will call us and set up a date for surgery. As of now we are currently in the dark on what the future holds at the moment. I will update as we get the information. 

From last week's zoo trip. Skyfari!