Whst type of surgery are they doing?

We (3 of us) all have submucus clefts and no one has suggested surgery
to close them. THe speech may be helped by a velopharyngeal
tightening, as opposed to a cleft repair.

I am just throwing suggestions out there, since submucus clefts really
only cause severe speech problems if there is VPI involved. ANd the
solution to VPI is a surgery to tighten that sphincter.


--- In sticklersyndrome@yahoogroups.com, "claykenziesmom"
<claykenziesmom@...> wrote:
>
> Hello! My name is Lachelle and I have a 3 yr old little boy that
has
> a submucous cleft. He definitely has PRS, but we've never gotten a
> sure diagnosis of Stickler's because he does not have vision,
hearing,
> or joint problems. But his speech is being greatly affected by the
> cleft, and we are fairly sure we are looking at another surgery.
The
> problem comes in here: he still has a mickey button, from earlier
> feeding issues, but we haven't used it in about 2 months. We are
> going to see the surgeon tomorrow about button removal. Question:
> Has anyone had any experience with the cleft repair surgery and
> recovery times? I'm afraid they won't remove the button if he needs
> surgery on his mouth.
>