Tabitha is now 14. Ha, if you hold the shift down when you type 14 it is !$, boy isn't that true about a 14 year old, they drive ya nuts! and cost you a lot of $.
Now, hopefully I can answer some of them many questions I have been asked about Izzy. She will be getting her MRI and CAT scan on Jan 7th, she will be sedated for the CAT scan.
Now for the other "what, why, when, and were" questions..... The first thing we noticed about her is her cute little crooked smile and she had many problems breastfeeding then also with a bottle.... But we were not worried. Then around 6 months we started noticing delays, like she had a big head lag when you would lift her off her back, she basically wouldn't even try and hold her head up (this continued until about 2 months ago and she still has a slight head lag). As time went by she wouldn't bear any weight on her legs, wasn't crawling, sitting up, couldn't eat any kind of solid foods. After she was about 14 months old she finally started to bear some wight on her legs, around that same time she finally started eating some solid foods also, but still wasn't pulling up or making any attempt to stand or walk.
After months of therapy she is finally walking with some help, but she doesn't walk correctly. If you are wondering about how you can not walk correctly? well she has a full step with her right foot then she simply drags her left foot up to meat it and doesn't fully bring it out in front. The best way to see what she is doing is walk normal with one foot, then just bring your other foot forward until it meets the other foot and stop, continue on like this. Her right foot is also severely pigeon toed. It isn't just her legs, her whole left side is much weaker than the right. The neurologist also noticed some size differences in the right and left side of her body.
Now, what did the neurologist have to say? He thinks that she is fine and developing at her own pace, however he wants to be sure that is all it is. He is checking to be sure that she didn't suffer a lack of oxygen at birth or a brain bleed, both of which would explain all of this.
I hope that answers most of the questions.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
1 comment:
Hi Michelle,
Stephanie is also pigeon-toed. Get Izzy in the pool when she's old enough--she'll become a super fast swimmer! It turns out that being pigeon-toed is an advantage in the pool.
Matthew is similar to Izzy in that he's on his own developmental schedule. Please keep us updated on Izzy's progress, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the neurologist is right--that she's on her own schedule just like her cousin M. :-)
Take care and good luck!
Post a Comment