Hello everyone! My son, Dean had to have his palate completely taken
apart and redone last week (wednesday) and is doing VERY well!! He
still talks a bit nasally, but nothing near how it used to be. He had
the surgery done on last wednesday and we got to come home on the next
day. I went back to work on tuesday and have him at my preschool with
me (I am a teacher). I notice already that his speech is a lot better
when he is conversing with his friends. A lot of compensations he was
making because of the short palate need to be unlearned, BUT I am
noticing that playing all day long with his friends seems to be working
better than ANY speech therapy he has had!! :) Also, because we were
hospitalized for surgery, the genetics team was able get Dean's testing
finally approved through the insurance company. If the results are
positive for Marshall's syndrome (which I am certain they will be) Dean
will be the only diagnosed case in Florida. Very exciting stuff for
our genetics team. I'm just so glad to finally be getting answers!

Mandy