Brinley and Bailey both went to the see a speech pathologist today. They gave Brinley some Valium and scoped through her nose to see how her palate is doing. She did great this time and was very cooperative and did everything the doctor asked her to do. She's going to have to have another surgery to fix it so that she doesn't lose so much air through her nose when she talks. She said it will be much like having her tonsils removed as far as pain goes and she will be in the hospital overnight. We have to go see Dr. G. to find out exactly when he will do the surgery.
Bailey did really well but since she's only been home for 8 months she wants her to have some more speech therapy before she does a full eval on her. She also recommended speech twice a week instead of just once a week for both of them. I'm glad about that! Our speech therapist had already said she wants to start seeing both of them twice a week. This is a photo of B&B with their speech therapist "Miss Bek-duh" on Bailey's first day of speech class a couple of weeks ago.
Today we have been home with Bailey for 8 months. Wow but she has changed from a scared and very defensive little girl into a lovey little chatter box. Not being able to communicate with us must have been so very frustrating for her. She loves to talk, talk, talk. Her other favorite thing is being tickled. She'll climb up on my lap and pull her shirt up over her tummy and giggle and say, "Tick-dle Me!" Isn't it amazing how God puts our families together and all of the pieces fit so perfectly? :)
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Please remind us closer to the date of her surgery so we can all pray for her.
I can't believe its been 8 months since you've come home from China, wow that seems to have gone sooo fast!!!
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