Genetic Appointment

Well, we had our appointment with the Genetic Doctor at UNC this week.  I knew it would be a long appointment, so I had to plan for Julia while we were there.  The appointment took about an hour and a half.  We covered everything from what I took during pregnancy to the family tree.  Anyway, the biggest thing about the appointment is the doctor feels that Julia does have a "cleft palate".  What she possibly has is actually called a submucous cleft palate.  I really don't know how to explain it, but when you look in her mouth she does not have an open palate you can see, it is under the tissue in the roof of her mouth.  We will know more when she has her lip repair on the 18th of August. If you want to know more you can go to this website  http://www.cleftline.org/publications/submucous  

I will keep everyone updated.  Take care-