[murdoc]

Hi,
we have recently been referred a child from our international adoption agency that has a bilateral cleft lip. For the moment we don't have a lot of information on the baby's condition but we do know that the cleft in NOT in the nasal cavity.

I'm a little lost on what all this means other than what I can find on the net. But none of that tells us what it would mean to us as adoptive parents. Has anyone adopted a child with a cleft lip and had to have it repared? What is it like? What were the costs and hospital visits like? how did the child handle the operation? Were the results what you had hoped for? What are the secondary factors involved?

We are a little curious as to what to do next if anyone has any advice we would love tohear it.