Here we go again.

It has almost been a year when we entered unchartered waters.

We did a lot of researching,

reading a lot on y*hoo groups

Praying for directions from God

Going with what our heart, gut was saying

and what our daughter was saying and feeling.

As Katie upcoming last surgery is coming up on Friday (another post)

Jenny is preparing for her first.

She had some very mixed feelings when we started this for Katie,

by accident her teacher said something

that made Jenny decide she also wanted the surgery.

She has patiently waited and watched

Katie having her surgeries

to get the OK from her doctor.

She had to grow, and her body

just couldn't do it fast enough.

But finally the day was here

for her to start the first step.

The molding and casting of the ears

 

New hair style

helps to protect the hair from the plaster and moding stuff

Dr Walsh preparing the holder

Once again,

I was his assistant (those are my hands holding the )

Monika and Katie were the photographers

We did the normal size ear first.

Preparing the Microti* ear molding

She is giving her doctor a challenge.

Last November,

she had to have a mole removed just behind

her Microti*ear which created scar tissue.

He has said it going to be

challenging, but he feels

he will be able to work with it pretty good.

You can see the scar tissue just above the ear

He makes a molding of both ears

so he can compare, study and figure out the best way to carve the ribs

Pouring the plaster in.

This takes him about 1 1/2 hours to do both ears.

 

I have talked about how much I really trust this doctor, how I feel

he really cares about his patients.

While he was working on Jenny,

he asked for my opinion.

He is tossing the idea around of starting a

research group for Microti*.

He said he would like people that have experience these surgery,

talk to families/people that are thinking about it.

He has great bedside manners and acknowledge,

but he doesn't have the personal experience

and doesn't always understand what people are going thru

or how to answer some of the questions.

I think it is a great idea and hope

and hope he does it.

I am so grateful we have him as a surgeron.