Vivian's Ears - Part 3

Vivian was pulling her ear mold covers off this weekend so I took her in on Tuesday to have them fixed. Unfortunately it ends up that her left ear for sure and possibly her right ear had a yeast infection under the cover. So she has a week break for us to treat it before the molds go back on.

Vivian's Ears - Part 2

Vivian and I made another trip down to Children's Hospital's Plastic Surgery department to have her ear molds removed and reapplied.

Her right ear (used to look like the printed picture on the left)

This is what it looks like under the layer of tape you can see. This tape is holding the mold to the front of her ear.

Her left ear (used to look like the printed picture on the right)

This is the ear mold. There is one on the front and one on the back of each ear.

After doing a bit more research it ends up that lop ear and other ear deformities are congenital defects (genetic) and have been detected in fetuses as young as 9 weeks gestational age. Apparently it had nothing with her being out of space.

We go back in 2 1/2 weeks to have them removed and reapplied again and that should be it! We're really just waiting for enough cartilage to form to hold the shape.

Vivian's Ears - Part 1

Vivian was born with lop ears. I assume because she was completely out of space.

Left ear

Right ear

To fix it, we were referred to the plastic surgery department at Children's Medical Center were they glued/taped molds (thickness of toothpicks shaped to the curve of the ear) to the front and back of Vivian's ears. She should only need them for 6-8 weeks, until her cartilage can hold the shape on its own.

On the way to our appointment on Thursday, May 5th.

After the "procedure". The gauze was just until the glue dried.

If you look at pictures of her after May 5th, you'll notice her ears are covered in tape. This will be removed and reapplied every 2-3 weeks until she reaches somewhere around 6-8 weeks.