Dr. Bauer came out with an update some 2 hours into the operation. He said that they had decided to go with incisions along the nose and smile crease rather than from the top of the head (they had discussed these two options during our meeting on Sunday). That approach gave them very good visibility onto the areas they are working on. The first finding was that there was a really substantial fat padding that was extremely well defined and was removed easily. Dr. Bauer claimed that this in itself would help visually to promote symmetry.
The next steps are more involved as they include changes to the bone structures in three dimensions, rotating both the upper and lower jaws after making two cuts in different places. I can’t help but sit here and imagine it, even though I am trying to distract myself with every trick I know. Ella is doing fine, he assured me and all is going according to plan. I hope she is having nice dreams with lots of music.