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Mom2BabyNatalie · 08-17-2008, 01:25 PM

Thought you guys might like to share in the good news!!

I'm so excited!! The surgeon has agreed to meet Emma just as soon as she returns from Houston!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!

Here is an email I received from the Doc.......... which includes the first response FROM the surgeon - TO the Doc (and then fowarded to me)

<<<<<<<<<(this is the Surgeon) wow. I did get tears in my eyes. That music! I would love to see her. I'm going to send this to another doctor as well, he's an awesome surgeon/dentist (double boarded!) in Virginia, and he's great. I'll see if he has any initial suggestions, etc, too
(this is the Doc) She will be back in Next Sunday at 6 pm -- lets get you over here with her and see what she has found out.>>>>>>>>

And just now, Doc sent me another forwarded response... this one is the surgeon to the doc...

Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:55:30 PM
Subject: Re: Emma

<<<<<<Hi. Just sent you an email. Hard to tell well what's the extent of the cleft-definitely looks both primary and secondary. Thing is I'm thinking about-getting her bigger before a definitive surgery if possible- always a bit of race against time. There's some very good surgical descriptions of the surgery options that I have, actually kind of complicated but fun. You have to make a series of flaps and shift and put them in their new places, in order! secondary cleft palate I've had more experience with-you have to have NO tension!. I suspect the reason(s) the first surgeries may have failed are failure to remove tension, freshen edges (mucosa to mucosa), may traumatizing the surgery? Generally I've tried to get the little guys as big as possible, but that's not always doable. I'll know more when I see Emma. Thanks! >>>>>>

08-17-2008, 01:25 PM	#1104
Mom2BabyNatalie Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 2,133	Thought you guys might like to share in the good news!! I'm so excited!! The surgeon has agreed to meet Emma just as soon as she returns from Houston!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! Here is an email I received from the Doc.......... which includes the first response FROM the surgeon - TO the Doc (and then fowarded to me) <<<<<<<<<(this is the Surgeon) wow. I did get tears in my eyes. That music! I would love to see her. I'm going to send this to another doctor as well, he's an awesome surgeon/dentist (double boarded!) in Virginia, and he's great. I'll see if he has any initial suggestions, etc, too (this is the Doc) She will be back in Next Sunday at 6 pm -- lets get you over here with her and see what she has found out.>>>>>>>> And just now, Doc sent me another forwarded response... this one is the surgeon to the doc... Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:55:30 PM Subject: Re: Emma <<<<<<Hi. Just sent you an email. Hard to tell well what's the extent of the cleft-definitely looks both primary and secondary. Thing is I'm thinking about-getting her bigger before a definitive surgery if possible- always a bit of race against time. There's some very good surgical descriptions of the surgery options that I have, actually kind of complicated but fun. You have to make a series of flaps and shift and put them in their new places, in order! secondary cleft palate I've had more experience with-you have to have NO tension!. I suspect the reason(s) the first surgeries may have failed are failure to remove tension, freshen edges (mucosa to mucosa), may traumatizing the surgery? Generally I've tried to get the little guys as big as possible, but that's not always doable. I'll know more when I see Emma. Thanks! >>>>>> __________________ Libby Gracie Mia & "Baby Emma" ~ My precious Natalie Kaye, you will ALWAYS be in my heart ~ I LOVE YOU!!!