That is a relief.. I am glad the palate was okay!
I'm doing one feeding a day, so I don't think I qualify as an "angel". J. is the angel here - he gets up in the wee hours to do the 3 a.m. feeding, is going to adopt Timmi and his mother or one of his sisters, and took time off from work to get Timmi checked out at the university clinic, and paid for the exam himself.Originally Posted by WellingtonCats
Aw this is really good to hear.
Tricia you are an angel.
Timmi's upper lip is split and very narrow, meaning there's a big gap directly below his nose. He doesn't have a cleft palate, and the professor at the university clinic says he has "deformed lips", rather than a "harelip", so I understand what you're saying.Originally Posted by Ugaimes
Regarding using the word "hare-lipped": I realize a lot of people are using this term innocently, but it is actually a very offensive and derogatory term for having a cleft palate. I know because my little brother was born with a double cleft palate and was called a "harelip" growing up. It was very upsetting for him and for us. Just some food for thought...
Back to this thread, I am saying a prayer for that poor kitten, too.
I had no idea that the term could be considered offensivly.Originally Posted by ugaimes
Well, there may be a difference an a cleft palate and what these people are referring to as "harelips." I don't get offended when normal adults use it (most of the time, people are not at all aware that it is offensive to some), but when professionals such as doctors or vets...or Larry the Cable Guy....say it, I just get furious
As an L&D nurse, the term I'd use in my nurses notes would be cleft lip...a baby can have a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate.Originally Posted by jcat
Is there a medical expression for the lip deformity? My vet said "Hasenspalte", which is really a direct translation of "harelip".
Cleft lip and palate- you got it!Originally Posted by Pat & Alix
As an L&D nurse, the term I'd use in my nurses notes would be cleft lip...a baby can have a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate.
I think so. He has that "tell-tale" diagonal scar. I loved him in "Long Riders". Joachim is a great guy. I was a bit "put off" when I first met him, because he's a member of the local Hell's Angels chapter. Last year we ran into some parking problems at the shelter, and his "gang" not only purchased the property across the street (an old disused barn was on it), but pulled it down and made parking spaces. When my vet referred me to the professor at the university clinic, I told him I couldn't go until Thursday afternoon or Friday, and he immediately said he'd take a vacation day. And he sent me a text message as soon as Timmi had been examined - hardly the action of an "anti-social gang member". I think the "angel" part applies to this guy.Originally Posted by Yosemite
Doesn't Stacey Keach also? I always thought he was pretty OK too! Grrrrrr