tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post2493487550662477097..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: I'm ready for my close-up, Mister DeMille...FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-50594858117590838152008-08-11T10:38:00.000-07:002008-08-11T10:38:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fasteddiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431990022248470187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-53807961688210562012008-08-09T21:16:00.000-07:002008-08-09T21:16:00.000-07:00Chris: I am amazed at the difference, and so happy...Chris: I am amazed at the difference, and so happy. She's just enjoying her life so much more.<BR/><BR/>YK: That's good to hear. My personal suspicion is that we'll be getting the tubes.<BR/><BR/>Maia: We've had the IE people in twice and both times they weren't eager to get her in - a lot of that had to do with her unease and unwillingness to cooperate at that time. We do want to get her ST started this fall. Until then the therapist has given us some good ideas to use to get her doing better.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-12995569871734709502008-08-09T21:05:00.000-07:002008-08-09T21:05:00.000-07:00Yeah, the ear tube thing is nothing to worry about...Yeah, the ear tube thing is nothing to worry about at all. FF had hers done a month ago and it was over before we even knew it. I don't think they are done very often for the kids at the SWI's in China, though. <BR/><BR/>Not that you asked for advice, but the earlier you can get speech therapy going, the better. I'm going to hazard a guess that just about every kid who is cleft affected needs speech therapy, and it's easier to start them young, before some of the bad speech habits are really formed. I'm not sure how Oregon's early intervention programs work, but here in NY it is SO easy to get the help you need - for free. All the professionals come to your home and practically fill out the paperwork for you, and because FF was cleft affected, she automatically qualified for the program. We have a fantastic woman who comes to our house twice a week, for an hour each time, and just sits on the floor and plays with FF - all the while working on her speech. FF loves her, I can see (or rather, hear) major improvements in her speech since she first started ST, and I'm so glad to have started this now, while she's just starting to speak English, rather than later, when things might be a little harder to undo.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on her good health! She is adorable!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174671099436752890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-7021124928561657322008-08-09T16:58:00.000-07:002008-08-09T16:58:00.000-07:00The ear tube surgery is a snap--a 15-minute proced...The ear tube surgery is a snap--a 15-minute procedure. There is the anesthesia, but it's VERY quick. And Em was eating french fries an hour later.<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear her clean bill of health!Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-64954659809079714562008-08-09T15:55:00.000-07:002008-08-09T15:55:00.000-07:00she is so darn cute and sounds like things are goo...she is so darn cute and sounds like things are good on all fronts. they unfold so much that first year, its hard to measure how much they actually become themselves until you look back.<BR/>chris and girlschrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317626377655401377noreply@blogger.com