Lucas was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. This affects 1 in every 700 births in the UK, and is considered the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly.
During early stages of pregnancy separate areas of the face develop individually and then join together. Sometimes these parts do not join properly and result in a cleft. Whilst this is a common problem research has yet to discover why this happens.
Lucas has a team of Cleft specialists that will oversee his health care until he reaches 20 years old, this includes a Surgeon, Speech therapist, Orthodontist and Nurses just to name a few. Living in the UK puts us in the fortunate position that this is all provided by the NHS, and can not be carried through private health care.
Lucas has so far had one operation, with another scheduled within the next few months.
Our baby has a lot to endure including a bone graft from his hip to his gum, which will be carried out when he is about 8 years old. All this is carried out by the Cleft team , with lots of support from CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association) That is why a small group of us are doing a sponsored walk from Dartford to Gravesend on Saturday 9th October 2010 to try and give something back to the charity that will effectively change Lucas’s life.
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