Hi readers! I have got a few comments recently and figured it might be time to post an update. I'm so thrilled you have found us (look, it's a community!) and hope our story (and others in the comments) might help you navigate your child's branchial cleft abnormality path a bit better.
Here's a picture of our daughter 2.5 years after her surgery. We've had NO problems and her scars are very hard to notice (there's one horizonal one about 1 inch and a smaller one at the old opening site that's about a centimeter:
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Can you see them? Didn't think so...It's pretty hard to photograph well... |
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How about now? That's the larger one in the middle of the photo and the small one is at the bottom. I think she'll be good to go by Prom dress season!
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God bless all of you and please, continue to share your stories and let us know how your little one's journey turns out!