WHY WHY WHY?!?!
Hey friends! I promised to touch base with you on the WHY of Zane's surgery next week, here in Part 4 of Z-Day!
This surgery has nothing to do with the ear reconstruction...although the first appointment with his new ear doc will be the week after his post-op appointment in December! I can't even think that far down the road yet. Gulp.
This surgery also has nothing to do with the jawline or fixing the aesthetics of his face by building out the lower jaw on the right side. That won't be done until he's 18 years old when they would basically need to do an implant. Double gulp.
In the spring of 2016, when we were originally speaking to his ear doc about getting rolling on the reconstruction...he said based on the structure of Zane's face, we may need to see the other surgeon and deal with Zane's jaw first. SOOO...that put a hold on all-things ear-related, and we began the process of dealing with the jaw. Here's why:
The left side of Zane's face/jaw has grown as expected. The upper right side has also grown as normal. The bottom right has had no growth. So what is happening/will continue to happen is the left side will soon grow noticeably forward, while the right side will look as though it's just falling downward. Basically, the more time passes, the more deformed the facial structure will become. Obviously, it's better to try and curb that process before it gets too bad.
Again, that's the Eva-version of things that are way above my pay-grade, but I think you're able to pick up what I'm throwing down.
So there ya go. Short and sweet! Just like Zane's Mama!!! :)
This surgery has nothing to do with the ear reconstruction...although the first appointment with his new ear doc will be the week after his post-op appointment in December! I can't even think that far down the road yet. Gulp.
This surgery also has nothing to do with the jawline or fixing the aesthetics of his face by building out the lower jaw on the right side. That won't be done until he's 18 years old when they would basically need to do an implant. Double gulp.
In the spring of 2016, when we were originally speaking to his ear doc about getting rolling on the reconstruction...he said based on the structure of Zane's face, we may need to see the other surgeon and deal with Zane's jaw first. SOOO...that put a hold on all-things ear-related, and we began the process of dealing with the jaw. Here's why:
The left side of Zane's face/jaw has grown as expected. The upper right side has also grown as normal. The bottom right has had no growth. So what is happening/will continue to happen is the left side will soon grow noticeably forward, while the right side will look as though it's just falling downward. Basically, the more time passes, the more deformed the facial structure will become. Obviously, it's better to try and curb that process before it gets too bad.
Again, that's the Eva-version of things that are way above my pay-grade, but I think you're able to pick up what I'm throwing down.
So there ya go. Short and sweet! Just like Zane's Mama!!! :)
