Frenulum Release

     After begging and pleading with our family doctor we were referred to a doctor for a consult for Frenulum release surgery for Harmony.  She was born tongue tied as well as under her top lip.  Surprise, surprise the specialist thinks it would be best for Harmony to indeed have the surgery.  She is booked to have surgery July 17th. The doctor did not want to perform the surgery before she was one for two reasons.  The first being they don;t like to put infants under anesthetic unless absolutely necessary and secondly she is tiny to begin with so they wanted to give her a chance to grow a bit.

     Many people have asked why they don't just snip it in the office.  Some doctors still will but good doctors won't.  The risks of the in office procedure outweigh the risks of surgery in my honest opinion.  The chance of snipping the salivary glands is more likely and the scar tissue is worse as you can't be as accurate when the child is awake which results in more mistakes.

     The whole procedure takes 30 minutes or less under anesthetic and is a day surgery.  She will be in and out of the hospital fairly quickly and back home resting before she has a chance to miss it. I'm a little nervous but the benefits for Harmony in the long run as far as speech goes will make it worth while. It looks like its going to be an interesting summer around here.  Stay tuned for more summer plans including our wedding plans update.