We realized that we will be making many trips to the doctor's office with these 2 kiddos and yesterday was our first visit. We had an appointment with the Cleft Palate team at Children's Mercy in Kansas City. The doctor is a Chinese man who speaks Mandarin (and of course English) so it was so nice that he was able to talk with the kids and I think Josiah was finally glad to have someone that talked to him in a language he could understand. He doesn't want to fix Kendra's palate until September. He said he has done many internationally adopted children's surgeries and it's best to wait 2-3 months after getting home. It's a very painful surgery and he doesn't want to jeopardize any bonding process. He and his wife adopted a girl from China last year. He knows what we are going through and that will help. We visited many others, some necessary, some not... She had a hearing test done and did very well. Sometimes with cleft kids, it can affect their hearing but she passed with flying colors. She saw an ENT also. She has some fluid behind one of her ears but that is very common because her Eustachian tubes are not slanted and never will be due to her cleft. She will also have tubes put in her ears during the palate surgery.
After yesterday and how pleased we were with the doctor, Kendra will be in great hands to have her palate fixed. It may require 2 surgeries but we won't know until he gets in there and starts closing it up.
Jerica had an orchestra concert last night so it was a late night for all the kids. They are still sound asleep in their beds. Hmmm, what should I do?? Guess I better start preparing breakfast! They are a hungry crew when they awake!
Happy Saturday to all. We're planning on doing a few projects outside today.
