Levi's Appointment

I just want to say a quick welcome to all my new friends from the Ultimate Blog Party 2011! I'm so glad to have you here, and although I haven't had much time to party, I will visit your blogs soon. :o)

Thank you all so much for your prayers for Levi's appointment at Children's last week! We really liked the doctor's and we feel like they are the best ones to be taking care of Levi. There is a whole team of Cleft Lip/Palate doctors, so we saw an Audiologist, ENT, Genetic Specialist, Plastic Surgeon, and Feeding Specialist. It was rather crazy to say the least!

Levi did really good with all the poking and examining, but after about the third person looked in his ears, he covered them with his little hands like he was wanting to say..."Step away from my ears!" It was so funny!

My mom was able to go with us and it was nice to have an extra set of ears to help get all the information we were being given. We go for a CT scan and pre-op at the end of this month and the surgery is in the middle of May. 

Since a midline cleft is rare and sometimes caused by underlying issues, they decided to do the CT to check his head for any other abnormalities. From all outward observations he appears to be a normal, healthy little boy except for his split upper lip.

They found fluid in his ears, so they want to put tubes in when they are doing the lip surgery. He's never had any infections or any trouble, so we don't really feel like the tubes are necessary. I've had alot of friends whose babies got tubes and they still got tons of ear infections so...we're still deciding what we're going to do. 

Thank you again for your prayers! We appreciate them more than you know!