So far Sean has only had the lip/nose repair (7 mos) and palate repair (12 mos) surgeries, so he doesn't remember anything and is feeling good. :) He is amazing with doctors and is the only two year old most have seen that will sit completely calm and still to have his ears, eyes, nose and throat examined. He seems to feel at home at the Dr. office. Next he will need some cosmetic surgery for his upper lip (the underside didn't stay tacked up when they did the lip repair) and maybe some rhinoplasty for the asymmetry of his nostrils (one is much bigger than the other). You can't see it very well in photos. His speech is good, but he definitely has air (yogurt, banana, avocado) leakage. We are insort of a wait and see mode about more palate work and working hard on his "t, f, d, s and p" sounds ourselves. The speech pathologist at Doernboecher doesn't yet think we need weekly speech therapy, but we do need to encourage him to make the sounds that don't come naturally. We go back to Doernboecher in July to see the surgeon, ENT, speech pathologist and orthodontist and we'll find out more then about what and when to expect the next procedure. They don't seem to be in a rush to do more surgery on him right now which has been nice.
Here are some photos from the past 6 mos or so.
