We went for our cleft clinic appointment Thursday. This was also Hannah's pre-op appointment. It went well and was uneventful. Hannah got a good report from speech, ENT, and audiology. Her tubes are clear and look great. Her hearing tested normal for the 3rd time in a row (our 1st two visits showed some very mild loss at some frequencies - thought to be fluid). Because it was her 3rd normal test, she doesn't have to have her hearing tested at the next visit as long as her tympanogram is normal (which measures fluid). The visit with Dr. Grant was good. He will be doing a revision of her lip / nose surgery that was done in China on Wednesday, the 19th. We will stay one night in the hospital. Sometime in the first couple weeks after the surgery, he'll want to see her for a post-op visit, but then, I *think* we may get to go a whole year before we go back to the cleft clinic. Don't get me wrong - we love the people there and are thankful to have them, but well..the visits are quite long. :-) I'm very thankful particularly that her speech is coming along so well (of course, I'm sure it's because she practices talking..umm. ALL THE TIME!! ha!). But, I'm also thankful her tubes are in and look good. It's been 18 months since they were placed and I'm a little suprised they haven't had to be replaced yet (but glad!)
Meanwhile, Hannah's getting ready for a 3 night stay with Grandma and Grandpa at the end of this week while I go to prison (see 2 previous posts before you get to concerned about this comment!) If you committed to being on our prayer chain for the prison ministry weekend, please pray for us March 13 - 15 (and if you didn't - well, you can still pray.) And please pray for Hannah while she's at my parents. oh, well, actually, you may want to pray for my parents too - they may not realize how much *energy* is coming their way.
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DeEtte and Hannah,
We are keeping you in our prayers...if you need anything give us a call, we would love to help. Although, last time I kept Hannah she injured her precious face...we would love to have her come visit again. I promise to keep her unscarred this time.
We will also be keeping your trip to "prison" in our prayers this week. Hope everything goes well and that ya'll have a safe trip.
Kaiser will be TWO on Sat. can you believe it?
We miss you,
Melany, Michael & Kaiser
I'm so glad things are going well for Hannah! Here's hoping for that 1 year reprieve from the cleft clinic!
It's great that you get this surgery out of the way before you travel. Can you believe you'll soon have 2 to send to your parents????
You are so lucky to have your parents to be there for your kids. We never had that blessing--we always lived far away from both sets of parents!
Sherri
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