Avery's Surgery is tomorrow, Thursday April 10th at 7:30 am. She will have tubes first by her ENT surgeon- Dr. T and then her plastic surgeon, Dr. L, will begin the lip adhesion. The adhesion is the first of 3 surgeries and it is more of a temporary fix. Avery will not have any work done to her nose this time and her lip will not be cosmetically repaired. The goal of the adhesion is to "repair" the gap and then let her grow for 3 more months. This allows her lip tissue time to get used to being stretched and should then offer less tension in her cosmetic repair in July. Her nose will have more time to grow before being altered, and her surgeon feels he will have a better idea of what her nose is supposed to look like.
Avery will need to get used to lots of new things after this surgery. She will need to sleep differently, eat differently (without the appliance) and she will not have the binki for 10 days and it's possible she will not like the binki after this surgery at all b/c she will not have the appliance anymore. Her arms will be braced straight in no no's, these are baby arm splints. This is so she will not mess with her stitches. This Little Baby loves her hands and her binki in her mouth 24-7... What will we do??
We will update the Blog on Friday for sure- earlier if possible.
Grammy is in town to help out at home. Thanks so much Grammy!!!
We love you Avery Elizabeth!!!!!!
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You are ALL in our prayers today. Avery is lucky to have such a wonderful family. You are all strong, in so many ways, and she is too!
Thank you for including us in your journey, Avery.
Sending you lots of love and prayers-
brian, kellie, jillian and annabel
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