Tyler's Surgeries

Tyler was born with a cleft palate which is a hole in the roof of his mouth. In August of 2007 Tyler was 9 months old and had his first surgery at Primary Children's Hospital. The Doctor had to stretch the tissues in his mouth as far as he could but they couldnt get the hole completely closed so they had to put a prosthesis in to cover the hole. Tyler had his second surgery in April of 2008 when he was 18 months old, once again we had to go down to Primary Children's. His second surgery took about twice as long and they were able to completely close the hole by stitching the muscles together and then the tissues on top of the muscles. He had two layers of stitches from his teeth the back of his mouth and it took about 8 weeks until he was fully recovered. Now he is doing great and can eat anything he wants, he still isn't talking but he is making a lot more sounds and he understands alot so hopefully soon!