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When Your Child Gets Diagnosed
“Your child is diagnosed with…” These are fighting words. It does not matter if this news comes at birth, at two years old, or 16 years old. These words turn your life upside-down. Where do we go from here? When we get a… (Continue Reading)
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What Healing Prayer Might Actually Look Like
To be healed means to be alleviated or healthy again from a wound or injury. Most people can think of examples of healing “Jesus heals a man with leprosy” “this person was miraculously cured of cancer”. We think of it as “either /… (Continue Reading)
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Why You Take Doctors Advice With A Grain Of Salt
Doctors know best, that is why they are doctors. To a Ph.D. degree this is true. They are amazing people that save lives. It is important to heed their advice. It is also important to ask questions and search for answers. We were… (Continue Reading)
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What is Feldenkrais Therapy
As a disclaimer, I am not a licensed physical therapist. I am just a mother of a severely brain injured child trying to share what has worked for Ian. I originally thought this was very slow yoga. But it is more intentional than… (Continue Reading)
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What is MNRI Therapy
As a disclaimer, I am not a licensed physical therapist. I am just a mother of a severely brain injured child trying to share what has worked for Ian. MNRI was created by Dr. Masgutava. She developed a program that focuses on motor… (Continue Reading)
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What Is Stem Cell Treatment
“It’s a new alternative medicine. Only Colorado and California participate in these ‘experiments’” “It’s not FDA approved so therefore it doesn’t work.” I don’t know the reasons for the medical community not ‘approving’ this ‘alternative medicine’. There has been research over the years… (Continue Reading)
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What is Hydrocephalus
“a condition in which spinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles in the brain, enlarging the head and sometimes causing brain damage.” This was a large word I had never heard of until I met Ian. I still can hardly spell it correctly. But… (Continue Reading)
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What is Cerebral Palsy
a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination (spastic paralysis) and/or other disabilities, typically caused by damage to the brain. This diagnosis was the byproduct of Ian’s hydrocephalus. Cerebral palsy looks very differently for anyone who suffers with it. It could be as mild… (Continue Reading)
From the first moment I saw my son it was very apparent I have been given a unique gift. I have always thought about writing about topics that interest me, but it seemed so scary to make my thoughts public.
Then I became a mother. And not just any mother, Ian’s mom.
A mother to a severely brain injured child, but a child that has already influence more lives than my boring life could ever dream of. So I put aside my writing insecurities to tell Ian’s story.