Well, it's not a home-run yet, but the surgery to remove her headgear was at least a step in the right direction and things are looking good at a glance. When Dr. Gordon removed Faith's headgear her left jaw bone (which is her less developed side) shifted too much so Dr. Gordon decided to go ahead and leave the headgear off but wire her jaw shut. It wasn't the outcome Faith was hoping for, but he had discussed it with her before she went under. She was dreading this outcome to be honest - after 8 weeks of having her mouth pulled in a closed position and growing new jaw bone and not being able to eat, she was so looking forward to having it off and getting to eat again - in fact she created a long list of the foods she couldn't wait to eat again. But wait she must - only 2 more weeks (easy for me to say "only"!). She definitely understands the need for doing it and she is so scared that even with 2 more weeks she might lose the new bone she gained with this surgery, because that is what happened last time.
Dr. Gordon had wanted to do a few other things when he took the headgear off, but because of the bone not holding where he wanted it to, he decided not to do anything else at this time. So, in two weeks she can have the wires cut-off. We are hoping someone in Denver will do it, but if not we will have to come back to Dayton for Dr. Gordon to do it. Then he wants to let it sit and heal for another 3 months. Assuming that all goes well he wants to do a final surgery to add more bone paste to her cheekbones and to her lower jaw bone, to square it off a bit. He also wants to touch up her nose to narrow the base of it a bit and shorten the tip of it. She was very agreeable to him narrowing her nasal flares - basically fixing whatever he did last time that widened it too much.
So now we have a couple extra days in Dayton and will go visit some friends tomorrow before we fly home Monday night.
Not much else to share right now! Thanks for reading and I'll give another update soon.
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