Brenna's day out

Well, Brenna is sleeping much better these days. The fussiness still continues, but we are all hanging in there. Attached is a picture of one of our calming techniques - the swing. Sometimes it works and sometimes it's just not enough! Yesterday was a very exciting day. We had a visit to Dr. Beals (the surgeon who will repair her cleft lip/palate), went to the County Attorney's Office to visit mommy's work friends and went to a restaurant for the first time!

The visit with Dr. Beals went well. He was very positive about her repairs, indicating that her lip will be easily repaired since it has a small section that is already connected. She will not need the obturator (the prosthetic palate that may have been needed) because of this connection under her nostril. They gave us the time frame of 4 months indicating that surgery on her lip would be done sometime in January. They explained that it will be an outpatient procedure and that she should be able to eat with the Haberman Feeder almost immediately out of recovery! So, stay tuned for updates. We'll be seeing Dr. Beals again in a few months for a pre-op appointment and will know more then.