Today we had an appointment with the oral surgeon who will be doing Miah's bone grafting. He said thing are looking great and we booked the first step in this process which is to remove 1 or 2 baby teeth that are erupting in her cleft line. This is booked for October 12th. It is an early morning procedure in his office done under a bit of sedation. He said she would not remember a thing. Poor girl does have to get an IV though. After that we wait for her mouth to heal up nicely and then he will schedule her grafting for early Spring 2013. He stated that this usually involves a 2-3 night hospital stay, mostly for pain management of the hip where they remove the bone. How I will miss seeing that cleft of hers. I wish she could just keep her beautiful smile and that none of this would be necessary.
It's never fun to head into additional surgeries. I totally know what you mean when you say you will miss her cleft. It is so true.
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well with her upcoming surgeries!