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Tag: Cleft lip repair

22 Jan 2025

20th Year: Iowa MOST

Thais WinkleblackLip and Palate Surgeries2025 mission, Building relationships, Cleft lip repair, PartnershipsLeave a comment

The first Iowa Miles of Smiles Team was in 2005 – and 20 years later, Iowa MOST is still going strong thanks to the power of relationships. The initial relationships created even before that first mission have continued to evolve and expand, and today Iowa MOST is as close to a “finely oiled machine” as…

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5 Feb 2023

John’s Miles of Smiles Story

Thais WinkleblackLip and Palate Surgeries2023 Mission, Building relationships, Cleft lip repair, FriendshipLeave a comment

One of the joys of the Iowa Miles of Smiles Team mission is that we develop long-term relationships with so many kids and their families. One of these is John, who returned on screening day for the 5th or 6th time. As with many kids with cleft palate, John has had multiple surgeries through Iowa…

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26 Jan 2023

A Second Chance for Miguel

Thais WinkleblackLip and Palate Surgeries, RelationshipsBuilding relationships, Cleft lip repairLeave a comment

Miguel is a baby who came in to the Iowa Miles of Smiles Team for screening who is 8 months old and had been given cleft lip surgery at an extremely early age and the repair failed. Now that Miguel is older and more physiologically able to recover from surgery, the team decided to undertake…

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