Surgery's Done!!

We mentioned in our Christmas post that Caroline was scheduled to have surgery at UNC Hospital January 11th to repair her cleft pallet. We are thankful to report that everything went well and she is now recovering at home. The 3-4 hour surgery also included having tubes put into her ears as ear infections are common in children with cleft pallets (the doctors estimate new tubes will probably be necessary another 3 or 4 times). We have a followup visit with the surgeon this week to make sure he is comfortable with Caroline’s progress. Assuming everything is fine, the next stage will be for us to begin speech therapy as the soft pallet (the location of Caroline’s cleft) is very important in creating the sounds necessary to produce words. THANKS to our many friends who have provided meals for this coming week! We are not getting much restful sleep and Caroline needs lots of comforting during the day, so we appreciate all of you so much. We also must thank God our Creator who is intimately involved in Caroline's life. We praise Him for His goodness to our family: Psalm 105:1 - "Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done."