how soon can the repair begain

[Steve Northam]

my grand daughter was born on 8/12/98 she has a double cleft
lip and no papate. She is in the hosp. now and the MD. says the
repair should be done on the lip first in about 3 monts. Then the
hard palat in 9 mo and the soft palet in about 18 mo. dose this
sound rignt ? steve northam 512-793-2815 email
cybernickel@usa.net

[Spices@aol.com]

This is about right. Some are doing this sooner. Within days
of birth. My son had lip repair at 10 weeks and palate at 7
months. They had told us palate repair would be between 9 and 12
mo. but it depends on growth. I know that you are very upset
right now but it will be o.k. There are alot of us who have gone
through this and this is a great site to ask questions and
recieve support. Hang in there.

[Jewel Goodwin]

My son also had his lip repair at three months and is being
scheduled for palat repair at nine months. I know there are
people who have it done at birth, but most I have heard of are
also at three months. They will not be an easy three months for
your family, but it will go faster than you think. Funny, when I
passed my son off to the nurses for that surgey and realized he
would never look the same again, I was sad. And part of me still
does miss that little face. my suggestion_take lots of
pictures..it will help with explanations later, and also with
your greif management.

[brian birtcher]

this dose sound right .the times have changed so much .i am a
27yr.old male and i have a quick eye for this stuff and i is
getting so that i can not tell if they had it or not .and that is
saying a lot .i is a good thing for her.but my situation is very
diff.i never had all of my work done becuse back then then did
them as you grew .i was on childeren services and they stop
helping when i turned 18.and no there is no way i could even
begin to pay for the work remaing.and i am alwas haveing
trobles.good luck and god bless you .