Update on Liam

We took Liam to the doctor yesterday to have his uvula checked out. First of all, it took us about twenty minutes just to get Liam to open his mouth so our doctor could see. He was able to feel the top of Liam's mouth, without getting bitten luckily, and Liam's palate is complete, so that was one worry checked off. The doctor looked in Liam's ears and nose and said that all of those passages seem to be properly formed and clear, so that was worry number two out of the way. And finally, after about five more minutes of trying and me ending up holding the stethoscope, the doctor was able to listen to Liam's heart. He couldn't hear any sort of murmur or problem, so that checks off worry number three. Liam is talking and talking well, so it seems that this bifed uvula is just going to be something cool to show his friends and gross out the girls. The doctor will continue to monitor it as Liam grows though. If we ever get pictures, I'll post them, but I'm not counting on that for several more years. Liam really hates opening his mouth for us to look at it. I"m glad that it all turned out to be so innocent for my crazy boy.

Bifid Uvula????

So I think that Liam is going to be the child who constantly has me worrying. I was playing with him this morning and noticed something odd. I was looking in the back of his throat and saw that his uvula (the hangy ball in the back of your throat) was split in two at the bottom. It resembles a snakes forked tongue actually. So I did some research on the internet. I'm not sure if the internet is a blessing or a curse at times like this. I've found all kinds of reports from people who have had no problems, to delayed speech and chronic ear infections, to it being a symptom of a very serious aortic aneurism. It also seems to be caused at times by a form of cleft palate. My question is, has anyone else ever seen or dealt with this. I"m planning to mention it to my doctor, but I don't know how concerned to be at this point.