Time is flying and the days are over as soon as they start. i have pictures to upload to go with this post and hope to get it done early tomorrow. Cate is doing great, adjusting well and I am starting to anticipate what she needs. The lack of language and time spent together offers it's challenges, but love will prevail.
Cate saw 2 doctors this week and both said she looks healthy, alert and is a survivor. Our family pediatrician put her on 20 days of antibiotics because he thinks she has had a sinus infection for quite some time, full physical with him and her heart sounds great. Paul S. is our pediatrician and his daughter recently adopted a special needs child from China, she has been home for around 8 months so I think Paul has a sweet spot for little Cate.We also had an appt with her cleft team and it went better that expected. We saw 2 of her doctors that day and both said her palate, lip look "excellent". It looks as though a very skilled surgeon took care of our little one and performed an extensive palate surgery on my 50th birthday. It breaks my heart to think she spent 8 days in a hospital all alone, but we are feeling blessed that her repair should not fail. We found out she had been repaired just a few weeks before we traveled so we were not sure what her condition would be. Next week will be 2 more doctors appts, one with an ENT, both Paul and her cleft team have recommended that there is a strong possibility for tubes in her ears since cleft kids don't quite have the suckle strength nor the proper techniques / muscle development for fluid drainage.
I will post all the fun stuff tomorrow along with the pics. Every day is new and it is such an honor to witness our little girl's world open up. She loves to FaceTime with David, all he sees is a skin tone square because she is trying to get as close to hime as possible, very sweet.
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