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| Cerebral Palsy | |
| Thursday, 11 May 2006 02:10 | |
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P A T I E N T E X P E R I E N C E - C E R E B R A L P A L S Y Go to http://ca.blog.360.yahoo.com/dylanteskey to see a diary of treatment. Dylan was the second foreign infant to go to China for Beike Biotech's cerebral palsy treatment. He first came when he was eight months old and then returned fourteen months later for his second treatment. The first treatment reduced his tone while the second helped him to gain strength and balance. During that treatmnet, he was also able to say his first word: 'again'. AFTER THE TREATMENT (4/26/2006): Dylan has less tension in his arms and started to reach out grab things. You could stretch his arms over his shoulder and he would not complain. He became a much more active baby. He started to turn on his side by himself. Before the treatment, he would stay quiet in his stroller and his mother would not have to strap him in but afterwards since he started moving around a lot more, she had to in order to ensure he did not fall out. When he returned his occupational therapist was “impressed”. 5/10/2006 (Email from Mother): Dylan had a session with his therapist in his hometown. She was positive and was impressed with the degree of movement in his arms in their ability to reach his ears. She also commented that his hands were more relaxed and had more movement. She also made a comment that he was more floppy than before probably related todecreased tone in his trunk and neck. This is a good thing, but Dylan will now have to be retrained on how to use his muscles to hold up his upper body instead of using his high tone to sit." 6/29/2006 (Email from Mother): Dylan's doing great. He's doing some wonderful things that we all see as big improvements. He has now been holding a toy and waving it or shaking it. Before, when a toy was placed in his hand he would just drop it. Another thing is he is 'playing' with toys. If we bring a soccer ball up to him, he will lift his arm and push it away with the top of his hand. He hadn't done any playing before so now this is really new stuff. He has also made a lot of improvements in his walking. If I hold up his arms in front of him (before treatment he couldn't even lift his arms or it would be really uncomfortable) he will make attempts to pick up his feet and move forward. He does better some days than others but we are thrilled. 9/7/2006 (From Dylan's Blog): It's been a very busy and great summer. I thought that I should get an update for our little man. He has been doing so well lately. We both feel (and we said this today) and he starting to look so much better. He seems to be on a second wave of improvents . Here are some of the new improvement that we have seen with Dylan since our trip to China: He is still increasing in activity. His legs kick very strongly and he can grab and move an object with his hands better. He's actually getting harder to change on the change table as his legs kick so much. He was a lot easier to dress before! He is starting to stand with arms supported on a short table. I place him to a table and arrange his legs to ensure that he is positioned well and then I just place my hand on the small of his back to stabilize a bit. Today, he picked up his hand to play with a toy instead of using his hands to stabilize himself. He is working on taking steps while I support and help him move. His thighs are still a bit tight so he tends to cross his legs while walking but he does initiate steps some of the time. Vocalizations and communication - he is really trying to make new sounds. I can see him try to mouth out the letters but we are still working on it. He does this kissing sound with his tongue out that he uses to get our attention and we play a lot with that one by doing it back and forth. Seizures - Still has a few but a lot better. Hands have been more relaxed lately and he opens hands to grasp a little better. His thumb is rarely inside his hand now as it was before. Eating - he is eating solid food a lot better. Before, he couldn't handle a little chunk in his food and would choke but now he is getting his tongue working side to side and eats all solid food now. He doesn't bite off food but will take it off a spoon quite well. Crawling - If I lift up his chest his legs propel him in a crawling position. We need to work on his arms, though, to allow them to take a bit of the weight and help him to crawl.
See Videos: Before (4/1) Part1 and Part2, (4/13) Rehab, (4-25) After
 his first word which was "again". Dylan can now almost move from a slouched position to a seated position using his own arms, with minimal assistance.Excerpts from blog: 6/23/07: I practiced rolling again and guess what he did? .... He rolled over to his stomach all by himself! He has been practicing this a lot, but this time I could see the wheels turning in his head as he felt what part of his body he would have to move next in order to turn over. Feeling like it may have been an accident, I turned him over to his back and watched again. It took a little bit but he figured it out and then turned on his tummy again. Oh, and speaking of 'again'. This morning when Martin was doing his morning therapy he must have said, 'again', and Dylan repeated it back. AH-GEN, he said. So, we kept asking him to say it and he did. He does smile considerably in between but he does say it eventually. Dylan seemed so pleased with himself. I think that I praised him so much for saying it that he kept saying it over and over again. Nurse Sophie came in the room later this evening and she even got him to say it. 6/28/07: Last night Dylan had a big breakthrough....his lips found each other. He was experimenting with all sorts of bah, pah, wah, wha, phwa sounds. It was just great and you can't imagine my jaw drop when he started. He would almost try to look down and watch his lips move. I think that he was a little confused by the new sounds he was making but you could see in his face that he was thrilled. I even got him to say 'rope' a few times (well, maybe it was 'wope'!) Just awesome!! See Videos: Posture Therapy (6/26/07), Limb Improvement (7/4/07)
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