Cleft Lip / Palate Support Group
Cleft is a congenital deformity caused by a failure in facial development during gestation. It can be treated with surgery shortly after birth with highly successful results. Cleft occurs in somewhere between one in 600 and one in 800 births. Cleft occurs in several severities and is divided in two major categories: cleft lip and cleft palate.
I am having surgery on both ears on May 19th. I went to see the surgen yesterday and He said He would not recommend fixing my Cleft and Jaw. I am nervous but know it will help in the long run and maybe I will get some hearing back.
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They changed the surgery to May 7th.
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