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.
We were sent an angel from god in March. Our son was born with cleft lip and palate. We have our first surgery of many on July 10th. Then they are repairing both sides of the lip, nose, gum, and ear tubes. We are so nervous yet excited. If anyone can let us know, if you have had this done with your child or you, please feel us in. Thank you.
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Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...
I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate!! It was allways harder on my family than it was on me!! I only lack one surgery and even though ive been through all of the pain and surgerys...i still think its worth every bit of it!! i did get some minor infections but nothing major! and it didnt leave any permant damage!! I jsut thank god that my parrents wanted me to be overly involved!!