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Fix Wesley's Lip Tie

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*please excuse my grammar and spelling mistakes, I always have a baby in my arms while typing* Wesley is 3 months old and recently we discovered that he has an upper lip tie. It's no surprise that even with painful gassiness and trouble staying latched on while breastfeeding on his side and bruised nipples on my side that it took us a while to find out the problem was a lip tie because many drs and dentists aren't even educated about lip ties! If you know what a tongue tie is then yes it's similar to that but it's his upper lip that is attached to his gums. Not only can this caused trouble with breastfeeding, make him gassy and fussy from Intaking extra air, and cause extreme pain for mom's nipples... There are also a wealth of problems that can be caused as he grows up if the lip tie is not corrected. Such as; needing braces, an overbite, and obstructive sleep apnea. One of the only drs in the country who corrects this lip tie issue in babies with a lazor is in Albany, NY. That us 4 1/2 hours from us but still the closest dr who does it by far. However this dr does not take Wesley's insurance (state health insurance for low income families). So we need to pay out if pocket for this procedure. The only opening available to us is April 29th, otherwise we will have to wait months to get the procedure done. We need $200 dollars upfront for the procedure and we will then have to pay a minimum of $50 a month until it's paid off. In addition to that it will cost approximately $100 in gas, we have to get our fan fixed so the car dosnt over heat, and we will need approx. $10 for road tolls. Also Wesley's dad will be missing an entire day of pay to be able to get the procedure done which will be hard for us. We've already been negotiating with our electric and water companies to not shut off our service so needless to say this is a hard time for us financially. We will be having a yard sale to try and make money but anything you can donate at all will help and be insanely appreciated by our little family! More about lip ties written by the dr we are going to see: http://www.kiddsteeth.com/journal-human-lac2013.pdf http://www.kiddsteeth.com/articles/ttfactssheet.pdf

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Cat Foster
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