Post Operation Follow-up

We had our final follow-up appointment with Henry's surgeon, Dr. Khosla, yesterday at Stanford and pleased to report that he is doing amazing!  It's hard to believe that it has already been 7 weeks since his first surgery.  We are so thrilled with the outcome, however Dr. Khosla told us that over the next year things will improve even more significantly as his facial tissue continues to grow and settle out.

The appointment was also to remove the plastic stints from Henry's nose, which he has had in since surgery to help form the nostrils.  Henry never seemed to mind them but for us, it's nice to know he is now breathing freely!  

Other than that, everything else with his health is right on track as a 4 month old baby should be.  At his latest checkup with his pediatrician, we learned that he is now 16.7 pounds which is in the 95th percentile!  He is still doing great at eating, and now even able to drink out of a normal bottle and trying to hold it on his own!

Here are a few pictures of the few months progression:

Monthly Birthday Photos!

Holding his own bottle!

Snuggling with big brother, William!

At the doctor's office, right after his nose stints were removed!

Our next step is to go back to Stanford in November for a 3-4 hour clinic visit with the team of specialists that will take part in his next surgery for the cleft palate, inside his mouth.  From there we will learn the next surgery date, which will most likely be Feb/Mar of 2014.

As always, thanks for all the love and support!