November 14th will be Wyatt's palate repair. I am so nervous and anxious and scared. I am dreading the post-op. Wyatt will have to wear arm braces for 3 weeks so that he doesn't put his hands in in mouth. He even has to sleep with them on. We have to feed him with a special rubber tubing - no bottles etc for the three weeks as well. I feel bad putting him through the pain even though I know it has to be done.
I am looking forward to it all being over and done with. Wyatt did not gain very much weight this month and has fallen off the percentile charts. His pediatrician wasn't too worried though. He said its typical for kids Wyatt's age to lose weight because they start having an opinion on what they want to eat - plus the teething.
We're going to the feeding clinic next week and we've been approved for speech therapy in the home twice a month. Then after surgery we'll start having weekly sessions. I feel like we are almost at the climax of our journey and then after surgery it will all be down hill (in a good way).
Wyatt's ear tube surgery went well. I liked the hospital and the staff and how they handled everything. It was a lond day though. Wyatt has to be checked in at 5:30am and his surgery was at 7:30am. He woke up cranky after surgery, but was back to normal after his nap.