This is Ultan showing off his wide smile when he was 2 weeks old. In the next month or so he will have his lip repaired (personally, I love his wide smile!). Mark and I are well aware how fortunate we are to be living in a society that allows us to let our Son have this surgery. To give back a little we have decided instead of sending christmas cards this year, we are going to donate to China Orphan Outreach Programme which is a team of volunteers who offer free medical care to orphaned children in China. Amongst this care is the repair of cleft lips and Ultan's Plastic Surgeon is one of the volunteers who travels to performs surgeries for these orphans to prepare them to find a permanent family. We could have chosen Operation Smile or Smile Train, which are also doing fantastic work bringing the opportunity to have cleft repair to so many who would not otherwise be able to have the operations - but the connection of having the same surgeon perform the repairs was too personal for us to pass upon.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2013 to everyone!
From the newly enlarged Lowry Cummings clan, Eimhear, Mark, Seán, Kai and Ultan.
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