Maureen: Jose Luis

  Jose Luis 
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Today, another father brought his four year old son, Jose Luis, to see Interplast. Jose Luis needed surgery to repair his cleft palate, and had received surgery from Interplast for his cleft lip in the past. At four years old, it is crucial that Jose Luis’s palate is repaired soon so that he can learn to speak normally. Father and son had traveled almost two days from the district of Quillabamba to Cusco. Jose Luis was such a sweet boy today, and I was just so happy that we could accommodate them because of the long distance they had traveled.