Since Megan was a little girl she has had some speech issues, specifically her R pronunciation. After years of worry we finally got her into therapy in school and after 2 years her grandma suggested to me who suggested to her therapist that it may be a physical impossibility for her to make her tongue the actual movement because it is too short. Well her orthodontist said that she needed some teeth pulled. Since the oral surgeon was taking the teeth out we went ahead and had him do her tongue also.
We did her surgery on last Thursday and it went very well. She was hilarious coming out of her anesthesia, talking a about wanting to take the recover chair home, as well as the blanket. Oh she also wanted to stop on the way home at school and take her standardized test that she was missing.
She has recovered well. She wont let me take any pictures which is a bummer because they are pretty cool looking!! Her tongue has gone from 3 times the size to only twice the size. She no longer has to use sign language to communicate and she is off ICEES and pudding. Tonight she had her first pizza in five days!!! She finally goes back to school tomorrow and we start some intense rehab therapy as well as speech but we are really excited about finally getting this all taken care of!! It has been a really long time coming!!!!
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