Re: From Elana---Thank you to all who wrote me!

August 14, 2005

I hope your daughter gets better. Chicken Pox are no fun!!! Send

her our best.

> Hi Everybody!

>

> What a wonderful supportive & intelligent group you are! I wrote

asking

> about my 10 year old daughter who will need orthognathic surgery

in the future.

> I received some awesome responses!

>

> I apologize for not responding to you sooner and individually but

my

> daughter contracted a severe case of chicken pox, which yielded us

an Emergency room

> visit, and I have been playing nurse 24-7. There is still no end

to the

> itching in site!

>

> To those of you facing surgery, I wish you all the best and for

those of you

> recovering, I wish you a speedy recovery!

>

> I will be reading and responding to messages here as my life gets

back to

> normal---whatever that is! :-)

>

> Warm regards to all,

> Elana

>

August 14, 2005

Hello Elana, and welcome...

I may have posted this before, but your big concern needs to be

whether your child is ready for the surgery -- i.e., whether she's

completed her growth. If not, a late-blooming growth spurt could

make everything out of kilter again, and require more surgery.

I believe that there are scans of the hand and arm that can inform

about the condition of the bone plates, and whether the growth is

complete.

As for the chicken pox, it's nasty. I had it back when I was a

kidlet. I'm convinced that when I went with my husband to an

appointment in the office of a very busy EENT doc, I was exposed to

it again, and came down with shingles in my face. I hope you have

nothing similar.

C.