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Last Wednesday I took Nico to CHEO to see the plastic surgeon, and he got the go-ahead to remove his arm restraints. He can feed himself again, thank goodness! He will still be on soft foods for another three weeks. His palate is healing nicely, so the surgeon says. He does have a remaining cleft […]

Nico at the hospital, May 2009 from SdR on Vimeo. Today marks the halfway point in Nico’s recovery from palate repair surgery. The hardest part is definitely behind us. He’s adjusting so well! I want to write a bit more about how things went in the hospital and afterward. It might be useful for others […]

Just a quick follow-up to our Twitter updates (on the left): Nico’s surgery and post-op recovery have gone very well. This morning he was smiling and making faces with us and the medical staff during his admission and surgery prep, right up to the point where he fell asleep. He awoke pretty distressed due to […]

The short version: Nico is healthy and his development looks good. He has palate repair surgery scheduled for Thursday, May 21, and this time he’s not sick so it appears the surgery will go ahead! The long version after the jump … (more…)

Dear Nico, Today you are eighteen months old. You were still a babe when we met and now you’re a toddler. You’ve learned to walk–actually, swagger is more like it. You’ve got a cute gun-slinging bow-legged posture that says, “Here I come! Watch out, world!” You’ve even started dancing, turning in circles and raising your […]