Submucous cleft palate can easily be treated with surgery and speech therapyoften years of therapy. But getting to the point of diagnosis and treatment often is a frustrating journey for parents.
When Hurricane Ike swept through last fall, we lost more than half our possessions. But the ones that hurt the most were the irreplaceable ones: my son's report cards, videos of my daughter; a trophy from the year my husband coached Sam's baseball team.