Medical Update

Today Deanna had several appointments with the specialists at Doernbecher. Her palate repair surgery will be in May. It will be repaired with one surgery. Her scar revision will be at a different time, maybe within a year. Her testing also revealed conductive hearing loss due to fluid blockage. This will be treated surgically at the same time as the palate repair. This problem is common in children with cleft palate, it was just a surprise to us because she seems to hear just fine. Speech therapy won't start until she is healed from the palate repair. We'll see how she does in the mean time, she is already attempting a lot more speech on her own. All in all it was a good experience. Deanna was a very good patient and I was impressed with the compassion and friendliness of the doctors and staff.