Pregnant with her second child in 2021, Sarah Meyer of Strongsville went into her 20-week ultrasound expecting a routine checkup. Instead, she and her husband, Nick, learned their baby girl would be born with a cleft lip and palate – a condition they knew very little about. “At first, we were terrified,” Sarah recalled. “We […]
More Than a Job: Rachel Hardy has personal connection to patients in her role as craniofacial nurse
By the time she was 18 years old, Rachel Hardy had endured more than 17 surgeries to repair her congenital cleft lip and palate. After being adopted from South Korea, Rachel had her first surgery on her lip at 6 months of age at Akron Children’s. “Many of my surgeries happened when I was young,” […]
Surgery closes the gap on cleft lips and palates – (VIDEO)
Beyond the impact on a child’s physical appearance, correcting a cleft lip and palate can aid in the ability to speak, chew and swallow. In this Children’s Channel video, Ananth Murthy, MD, director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Akron Children’s, discusses the treatment of this birth defect.
