As some of you may or may not have heard by now, we had our follow up appt Monday in Iowa City for Zach's cleft palate repair. Dr Canady said all is healing but one area. He thinks that Zach got an infection at some point which caused part of the palate not to heal. So there is a 4 mm hole still in the palate, near the back of his mouth.
We are very thankful that the rest of his mouth looks great. We are also thankful for Dr Canady and his team--they are quite a group of professionals.
For the next 2 weeks we will continue on Zach's cup diet--we aren't quite done with the magic bullet yet!!! He will start on an antibiotic again--so we can continue eating ice cream every day;) He will also continue with the arm restraints. We go back in 2 weeks--May 10.
Right now we are asking for prayers for Zachary--for physical healing of that hole. Dr Canady says sometimes holes (he called it a fistula) can heal enough so that it's not significant (not affecting speech or swallow). He says usually they don't heal all the way closed. We are praying for God to do a miracle and close it all the way---so another surgery is not needed.
Zach has been quite a trooper through this all. Momma and Daddy were more disappointed about the news than he was! He's just going with the flow. Thank you all for your words of encouragement and your prayers. Regardless of the outcome, we will be thankful for soooo many blessings....
I look to the Lord for His help. Micah 7:7
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Thinking of you guys and praying for healing for Zach. Let us know when he can play!
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