My son, Max, was born in the middle of a November blizzard in 2008 with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Rewind to our 20 week ultrasound, where we were excited to find out his gender but were surprised to instead learn that he had a cleft. The tech was certain about his lip but […]
After skull reconstruction, Fitz’ brain has room to grow
Matt and Mallory Beres keep a large black-and-white photo taken shortly after their 9-month-old son, Fitz, emerged from surgery in December. In the photo, Mallory is hunched over a hospital crib cocooning Fitz, who had been under anesthesia for 8 hours as surgeons reconstructed the front of his skull. Mallory wanted to make sure Fitz […]
Carter’s Story: Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus
Our son Carter Tietz was born with a large mole, medically known as a giant congenital melanocytic nevus, on the middle of his back. His large mole was very rare, as it affects about 1 in 50,000 babies. We knew from the moment he was born that we would have to address it surgically at […]
