Cleft Clinic

The cleft clinic was last Friday and we spent the morning with several other families (I never know there were so many cleft-affected children and adults in the area) and a host of specialists. Nina saw the nurse practitioner, plastic surgeon, pediatrician, audiologist, psyciatrist, nutritionist, genetist, speech pathologist, orthodontist and dentist and that wasn't even everyone! She got good reports from all. She did have a small amount of fluid in her left ear, but she had just come down with a slight cold that morning, so that is probably the cause (but we will have it checked again). She was very patient and cooperative with everyone. She didn't cry once and we were there for over 4 1/2 hours. I was especially pleased that the dentist said she did not have any cavities. Yeah!!! She will likely need braces in the future (as we suspected) since her teeth are already crowded. This is not due to her cleft. It will be interesting to see how she has progressed each year. The big issue right now was speech, but she has even advanced with that since she has been going to speech therapy.