Return to the scene of the crime

So Tuesday we packed up the family and headed up to Columbus to the Children's Hospital Craniofacial Clinic. On Tuesdays they have a clinic for cleft lips/palates. During the clinic patients are seen by the cleft "team". We met with the surgons, a geneticist, a dentist, a speech therapist, an ENT specialist, and a nutritional practical nurse. The diagnosis was as good as it could be in that there was no indication of any other problem other than the soft palate issue. We tentatively plan to get Lily her surgery in March and the team believes that there should be no further problems once the repair is made. She will be as good as new!

The girls did great for their day in the Big City, until we got about ten miles from home and we had a good ole' fashion meltdown. I don't blame them, I was tired and wanted to get home too. All crying stopped once we got home and out of the car seats.



Children's Hospital where the NICU is located. In the upper right hand side of the picture you can see the helipad that was right outside of the room where Lily and Mike were placed the first two nights of their stay. Quite soothing for a 1 day old.

The Memorial Tournament NICU where Lily was held for 5 days. Perhaps she IS destined to be a golfer.


Angie, the nice nurse who enjoyed showing off Lily as the "healthy" baby in the unit. She was also instrumental in getting Lily out of baby jail.

Nice nurse or not, Lily expresses her feelings about the return to baby jail for a visit.
Jack caught a whale who cannot swim (see life vest). No Johah, just a squeaker that was extracted in about a day. The whale did not make it.