Faizi Siddiqi

Wondering about the name for this post?! Faizi Siddiqi (better known to us as Dr. Siddiqi) is Taylee's plastic surgeon. No, she's not having a nose job (but if she grows up to have a nose like her mommy's, she might want one!!). She is having her cleft palate repaired! We met with Dr. Siddiqi on Tuesday for her pre-op visit. Her surgery is scheduled for May 26th. Hopefully she will be first case that morning (apparently it goes in order of age - youngest first), because she won't be able to eat for several hours prior to surgery. Dr. Siddiqi said to plan on a 2 hour procedure. We will probably be staying in the hospital for 2-3 nights. Basically until Taylee is eating well. Since she hasn't EVER eaten well, we may never come home again! ;)

This is a picture of Taylee's cleft when she was just a few days old.


Here it is at 4 months. As you can see, it has grown with her.

We are hopeful that her verbal skills will start to improve after her palate is closed. She is not yet making any hard consonant sounds (ie dada, baba, etc). Dr. Siddiqi said this is most likely due to the cleft. She will see a speech therapist after her closure. We are excited to hear those first mama's and dada's. Here's hoping she doesn't fall too far behind!