Last month I got an email from Ella, a remarkable mom in Indonesia. Ella’s son, Joel, was born in September with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. There’s a lot of cultural bias against babies with clefts in her area of the world, but in spite of this and in spite of her own worries and concerns about her baby, she’s trying to create an outreach program for mothers of children with cleft lip and palate.
Joel’s lip surgery was scheduled for yesterday and I haven’t heard back from Ella yet. I’m sure she’s got her hands full. She’d planned to feed him with a spoon, but I sent her some soft sipp bottles and I’m praying they got to her on time to help with his recovery.
If you happen upon this post, please send out some healing vibes for Joel, or say a prayer, or a light a candle. This family needs your positive energy right now. Hopefully I will have an update on Joel in the near future.