Parenting & Lifestyle Blog By Carissa Godbott
This year is the second year in a row that Emma has had surgery at the beginning of the Summer. Each year it gets harder and harder to explain to her what’s happening and why its happening. What’s even harder is seeing Emma look in the mirror after she’s has surgery. This year I literally cried after we walked out…
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Many of you already know that Emma was born with a Cleft Lip and Palate and I often discuss what is going on in her world. Well, last Wednesday, Emma had her 10th procedure and in preparing for her surgery my husband and I made plans and sacrificed to get Emma the 2018 American Girl Doll of the Year Luciana.
**Written on March 8, 2018** Thursday afternoon, our day for speech therapy. This is the therapy that we go to as a family, today we arrived early and sat in the parking lot for a little bit until it was time to go in. I turn to Darrick and said I think we have “Therapy Burnout”…him being positive looks at…
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This is NOT a sponsored post. All BAND-AID Brand Adhesive Bandages were purchased with my own money. About 3 weeks ago our daughter Emma had her 8th procedure that was Cleft-Related. Each time she has been under anesthesia she has had multiple procedures done. This last procedure that was done was a Rhinoplasty and a repair to her Cleft Scar. Like the…
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As a mother we want everything to be perfect for our children. And if it can’t be perfect we want to do everything we can to turn the situation around for our children. At the end of last year, I shared how we had Emma tested for Autism because we wanted to know exactly what we were dealing with. We…
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