Stephanie's Big Day

Stephanie is having surgery to correct her jaw alignment, today. The left side of her jaw continues to grow.

Dr. Larry Wolford (literally world-reknowned) is performing the surgery. He will stop the growth by removing the part of the bone that continues to grow and repositioning the disc in the TMJ. He will then cut Stephanie's upper and lower jaws into 3 or 4 sections and reposition them as necessary. Her jaws will be held in place with tiny plates and screws. Her mouth will not be wired shut, but she will have a series of rubber bands (remember braces and the tiny rubber bands?) to minimize movement and retrain her jaw muscles. She will be off of work for about 6 weeks. Full recovery will take 6 to 12 months.

Stephanie is fortunate to have Dr. Wolford perform this surgery. Yesterday, we met some of his patients. We met people from California, New Mexico, and South Texas (one of them is a dentist). The Californians talked about other patients they had met being from France and Mexico. Throughout the pre-op process, hospital employees would see Stephanie is a patient of Dr. Wolford and ask where we were from. They were always surprised to hear "Rowlett." They always said that his patients were from all over the world.

I'll post another update tonight when Stephanie is out of surgery.

Thanks for your prayers. And a big thanks to Mary and Bob for taking care of the girls.

Matt