A Visit to the Speech Therapist

Today we went to Texas Children's Hospital for a video fluoroscopy, also called a palate study. Sarah, my little loud-mouth dynamo, would not talk at all for Kris, the speech therapist. Talking is essential for the study. They needed her to say things like "yellow yo-yo", "wow wee" and "really low". She refused to say them for Kris. Kris would leave the room and Sarah would say them loudly for me. Kris said the study would be pointless if Sarah was not willing to cooperate, to which I agreed. Kris knows our local speech therapist, Lesa, and they have talked in length about Sarah's speech issues. Using this information and what she did hear Sarah say (quietly and through the door), Kris went to go talk to Dr. Stal. Dr. Stal decided to do a p-flap surgery on Sarah to help her speech. First we have to get Sarah's tonsils out. 3 months after the surgery, Dr. Stal will do the p-flap. I am excited to be moving forward.