Nette's visit

Today Janette came to play with me. She's 11 months older than I am and has BCLP (bilateral cleft lip and palate for the uninitiated) just like me. She had her lip and soft palate fixed when she was 4 months old and will have her palate closed in a few weeks time. And yet she can already say all the difficult consonant (PTK...) and even drink with a straw! Things all the text books say are impossible. So who knows what I can do next spring...