When I first laid eyes on my daughter, born with
a cleft lip, my initial feeling was pure guilt. What did
I do wrong? Why was this happening to my innocent baby
and to me? These questions and thousands of others raced
through my mind a milion miles a minute. Then I began to
pray, and at that very moment a doctor entered the room
and told me about an organization called Operation Smile.
She said that there was a local surgeon who co-founded
Operation Smileand specialized in conditions like Jade's.
Jade had her first surgery at 28 days old. When
her surgery was over we were called into the recovery
room to see her. We were absolutely amazed with the
transformation. I cried endless tears of joy and I could
not stop praising God and thanking our doctor for the
priceless gift that he gave our family that day. This
cleft experience has been and continues to be tough at
times. But with love and support from friends, family,
and Operation Smile, we continue to perservere.
When I first laid eyes on my daughter, born with
a cleft lip, my initial feeling was pure guilt. What did
I do wrong? Why was this happening to my innocent baby
and to me? These questions and thousands of others raced
through my mind a milion miles a minute. Then I began to
pray, and at that very moment a doctor entered the room
and told me about an organization called Operation Smile.
She said that there was a local surgeon who co-founded
Operation Smileand specialized in conditions like Jade's.
Jade had her first surgery at 28 days old. When
her surgery was over we were called into the recovery
room to see her. We were absolutely amazed with the
transformation. I cried endless tears of joy and I could
not stop praising God and thanking our doctor for the
priceless gift that he gave our family that day. This
cleft experience has been and continues to be tough at
times. But with love and support from friends, family,
and Operation Smile, we continue to perservere.
