Posted by Kristy
on 6/6/2009, 9:30 pm, in reply to "Post-palate repair--swollen tongue"
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Has your daughter's swelling gone down some today? I know my daughter had some swelling and it took a few days for it to go down. She also had a trach and feeding tube.
Hope her recovering is beginning to go smoothly.
Kristy (mom to Bailee, 9 years, PRS, asthma, 22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome...Caroline, 6 years, 22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome....Landon, 23 months, 22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome, g-tube)
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: My daughter had her palate repaired 11 days
: ago and her tongue is EXTEMELY swollen. Her
: mouth is stretched to the max and her tongue
: is hanging out several inches. We were able
: to get a feeding tube in and she has a
: trach, so the immediate concerns of
: breathing and feeding are addressed.
: However, the swelling does not seems to be
: going down and I'm just wondering how many
: other parents have had exteme swelling. How
: long did the swelling take to go down. My
: daughter is extremely uncomfortable and her
: jaw is aching because she cannot close her
: mouth.
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