Cleft Stories » Older Kids

Meet Alex

Jackie — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:30:57 +0000

“This is a picture of Alex who is 14 (9/91). Alex was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and was one of the first patients at NYU to use the NAM. To date, Alex has had a lip surgery, palate surgery and a pharengelal flap at age 8. Alex is a well adjusted teenager who can’t get enough sports.”
- Martha (Alex’s mom)

Thanks, Martha, for sharing Alex with us. It is really a great opportunity to see an older child who used NAM and how wonderful he looks. If you are just starting out with taping – hang in there. All that hard work is worth it – really!

Meet John F.

Jackie — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:53:33 +0000

Another veteran user of the NAM, John is eight years old and was born with a wide unilateral cleft lip and palate. John has been a patient of NYU’s Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery all his life. In the words of Kathy, his mom,

“Johnny is actually one of the institute’s true success stories. they feature his case around the world when they travel to teach other doctors their methods. Johnny has grown up to be a smart, very athletic, wonderful boy. We’ll be forever grateful to all the wonderful doctors at NYU who have helped him along the way.”

Looking at John’s handsome face does my heart good. I look forward to Emily’s glowing 8-year-old smile! Thanks, Kathy, for sharing John with Cleftstories.com. Please visit the NAM Gallery to see all of John’s photos (scroll WAY down).

Meet Natasha

Jackie — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:22:31 +0000

Natasha is (almost) eight years old and was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate. Thanks to her mom, Annette, I was able to post some pictures of Natasha in the NAM Gallery. I think it is extremely beneficial for those of us with babies and little ones to see older kids who have used the NAM. For those of you that have seen the NYU NAM brochure (I’d link to it, but the page appears to be down), that was little Natasha!! She’s grown into a lovely young woman. To read more about her, visit her Web site. You can also see a few more photos of her in the NAM gallery – scroll WAY down.