Shayle will need another surgery for her palate, Z-Plasty. She will have her palate lengthened which will allow for her palate to close off when saying certain sounds, like c,k,s,g. She has made progress with speech twice/week but the palate just doesn't seem to be long enough. She has had a hard time with conversational speech. Her words run together and then she omits the sounds she cannot physically produce. We should see some positive results soonafter surgery. However, we will continue to see more results 6-18 months after sugery as the scar tissue softens and thins out, which will allow her palate to become longer. Initially, her speech will become harder to understand as her mouth will be swolen and very tender. She will not have speech for 6 weeks after surgery to allow time for healing.
She is scheduled for surgery Monday, April 19th at 7:30 am. Please be in prayer for her as we haven't told her yet. This surgery will be a weeks recovery with one night in the hospital. She will have four flaps cut in her palate. When she is finished her stitches will be in the shape of a "Z".
Thanks for praying her (and us) through!
2 comments:
Will be praying for Shaylee...am waiting to hear from the sleep lab about Hudson's sleep study appt....Dr. G wants to wait to take us until we meet with Dr. B again...I expect if we go with Dr G we have z-plasty in our future also...
Don't you have a new teenager in your house today too?
I will be praying a special prayer for Shayle this Monday and also for her to have a speedy recovery afterwards!
Hugs,
Dawn
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