Day downtown

Haven saw Dr. Polley yesterday for her last surgery check up. First of all, taking a 9month old is WAY more difficult than taking a newborn or even a 5 month old. It used to be so easy--she would just sleep all the way to Rush, smile and be a big ham with the doctors, NEVER cried (except for NAM day) and was Dr. Polley's "best behaved patient." She was still cute and smiling but for some reason she thinks she's the boss all of a sudden. Dr. Polley said she's doing great-still has a small amount of hard tissue (scar tissue) on her lip but he said that will "relax" even more as time goes by. They don't need to see her again until February 2012 when she will meet with the entire team to determine if she will need any speech therapy. He mentioned that she will probably need a bone graft done between 7-10 years old depending on how she develops. Her nose on the cleft side is slightly lower and he said until the grafting is complete--it won't be perfect because there really isnt anything supporting her nostril on that side. After the grafting is done he is guessing she will not need any further cosmetic procedures because her nose will be perfect. After our Rush appointment, Amanda and I took the girls to Rainforest Cafe and then we made a quick visit to the Make A Wish office on LaSalle. The girs really like the huge fish tanks and Arlie did a great job finding all the Nemo and Dory fish. "Mommy, what's that?" was heard a lot. The staff at Make A Wish are really awesome and we were able to pick up some gifts for our wish kids. LOVE MAKE A WISH! :)

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