Rocking out for our Wonderkids
You may be wondering, what is a Wonderkid? It’s simple. Wonderkids are the pediatric patients of the Texas Cleft-Craniofacial team at UT Physicians. Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month is observed each July. These children are treated to an event in…
Angeliz’s Story
Facial Reanimation
Reyli’s Story
Camden’s Story
A family’s story of cleft care from infancy to childhood
Flash back to 2013. Jennifer Harvey felt prepared for her second trimester appointment to review her routine blood work. She had been through this before with her two older children. Unfortunately, that appointment was much more of a whirlwind than…
Open to being different: Part 2
When we left Forrest five months ago, he was days away from his first surgery to repair his cleft lip. His parents, Erin and Kyle Tweed, had been prepping him for this day since before he was born. After learning…
Open to being different: Part 1
Surprise! After in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for their second child, Erin and Kyle Tweed learned they were pregnant with their third. Over the moon, they decided to name him Forrest. Going through this two times before, they considered themselves…
A Lip Repair Journey
“When I found out Emeri was going to be born with a birth defect I was 26 weeks pregnant. My OBGYN had me come in to get an ultrasound to check her measurements because my blood pressure was high and…