#cleftpalatelife
Baby I This afternoon, the baby who got to come to Horita Feliz was based entirely on who was awake when I went upstairs, and my determination that the rest of the room should stay asleep for as long as possible. And when I grabbed him, getting him out of the room of moody, sleepy toddlers before they woke up and chaos ensued was my only thought. What I'm saying is, I didn't even think about the fact that he had an open cleft lip and palate. Or the fact that I was taking him to a room full of the Casa kids, who have a joint appreciation of continuous, never ending questions. Or the fact that it might attract some stares from the mothers there. Seriously, I just wanted the kids to stay asleep. For everyone's sake. --- "Tia, que es?! Porque es asÃ?!" He must've asked me 3 or 4 times. "He was born like that, but it's okay - the doctor will sew it up soon." Then he asked again, (what did I tell you?) and I changed my answer. ...