James had speech therapy today. The therapist is still trying to work on his suck/swallow reflex. Today she tried a little mint on his tongue to see if he would have some sort of a reaction. Unfortunately, he didn’t appear to react at all. The therapist will keep trying different…
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Today is Mother’s Day and I wanted to send a special shout out to Stacy. She has been such an amazing mom to James. From the moment she wakes up, to the moment she goes to sleep…and sometimes in the middle of the night…it’s all about James. She is so…
After James was diagnosed with infantile spasms (IS), both Stacy and I started looking up all of the information we could find about infantile spasms. Stacy even joined an infantile spasms support group on Facebook. One of the women in that group just lost their son due to complications from…
Stacy found some statistics about cerebral palsy in the United States that I thought I would share. According to cerebralpalsy.org: About 764,000 children and adults currently have Cerebral Palsy About 500,000 children under the age of 18 currently have Cerebral Palsy About two to three children out of every 1,000…
James had physical therapy today. Since he can’t move much on his own, we think it helps to stretch his muscles and maybe help him realize that this is how his body moves. Here are a few pics of the therapist working her magic. James…
Stacy bought James a shirt for Stroke Awareness Month. I apologize if this offends anyone, but sometimes you just need a little humor to offset all of the bad stuff. They say that laughter is the best medicine, right? In all seriousness though, stroke is not something to take lightly.…