I cannot begin to express the excitement my little girl has given me. Lindsey is my third child. After two boys I wanted a girl so bad. She was the only one that was not breech , so I got to have my first "natural" birth! It was just overwhelming when they told me I had a girl! My dream came true. She was so beautiful with a head full of almost black hair. She was 5 lb's 9 oz's and 18 1/4 inches. Lindsey was a very sleepy but content baby. An orthopedic doctor was called in to examine Lindsey's foot. It was bent towards the ankle. I was shown how to do range of motion exercises on her foot. When she was two days old she developed jaundice,and was put in an incubator with phototherapy. Day three I was being discharged , but my baby girl was not. I could not not go home without her! They finally agreed to doing her phototherapy at home. After trying two different types of phototherapy and her heel being lanced two times a day for a week I could finally hold and cuddle her as much as I wanted to ! My mother use to make comments about she felt "different" or she was hard to hold. Come to find out at five months and a new pediatrician ,the doctor expressed his concern about her floppiness. He wanted to see her in one month to see if there was any improvment. There was not. She still had the head lag,no parachute reflex,and overall floppy.We were referred to a neurologist.The doctor diagnosed her with hypotonia and ordered alot of bloodwork,urine test,MRI. All test were normal. He then took the wait and see approach before ordering a nerve test which he told me was very painful,and they could not use anything for pain. He did set up Early intervention right away. Every month we went back to the neurologist there was progress. YEA!! We were also referred to a podiatrist because she would not put her feet flat on the ground and her foot turned out. At 14 months old she got her orthotics. They went above the shoe ,and around her ankles. They made a world of difference,she was unable to stand on her toes,and it gave her the ankle support she needed. Lindsey took her first independent steps at 15 1/2 months,and tried again at 17 months. Since then she has never stopped! She has a lot of falls,but doesn't cry unless she is really hurt. At two years old Lindsey was diagnosed with apraxia. This is her main problem at the moment. She is trying so hard to make her brain and mouth work together . Lindsey receives Occupational therapy three days a week for the hypotonia ,and five times a week for speech. She continues to progress in all areas. She truly is a special kid! She goes to pre-k five days a week for four hours. And on Wednesdays she has hippotherapy. I want to thank all the therapist and teachers who have ever worked with her ! xoxoxoxoxo |
MY SWEET LINDSEY |
MY SWEET LINDSEY |
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I cannot begin to express the excitement my little girl has given me. Lindsey is my third child. After two boys I wanted a girl so bad. She was the only one that was not breech , so I got to have my first "natural" birth! It was just overwhelming when they told me I had a girl! My dream came true. She was so beautiful with a head full of almost black hair. She was 5 lb's 9 oz's and 18 1/4 inches. Lindsey was a very sleepy but content baby. An orthopedic doctor was called in to examine Lindsey's foot. It was bent towards the ankle. I was shown how to do range of motion exercises on her foot. When she was two days old she developed jaundice,and was put in an incubator with phototherapy. Day three I was being discharged , but my baby girl was not. I could not not go home without her! They finally agreed to doing her phototherapy at home. After trying two different types of phototherapy and her heel being lanced two times a day for a week I could finally hold and cuddle her as much as I wanted to ! My mother use to make comments about she felt "different" or she was hard to hold. Come to find out at five months and a new pediatrician ,the doctor expressed his concern about her floppiness. He wanted to see her in one month to see if there was any improvment. There was not. She still had the head lag,no parachute reflex,and overall floppy.We were referred to a neurologist.The doctor diagnosed her with hypotonia and ordered alot of bloodwork,urine test,MRI. All test were normal. He then took the wait and see approach before ordering a nerve test which he told me was very painful,and they could not use anything for pain. He did set up Early intervention right away. Every month we went back to the neurologist there was progress. YEA!! We were also referred to a podiatrist because she would not put her feet flat on the ground and her foot turned out. At 14 months old she got her orthotics. They went above the shoe ,and around her ankles. They made a world of difference,she was unable to stand on her toes,and it gave her the ankle support she needed. Lindsey took her first independent steps at 15 1/2 months,and tried again at 17 months. Since then she has never stopped! She has a lot of falls,but doesn't cry unless she is really hurt. At two years old Lindsey was diagnosed with apraxia. This is her main problem at the moment. She is trying so hard to make her brain and mouth work together . Lindsey receives Occupational therapy three days a week for the hypotonia ,and five times a week for speech. She continues to progress in all areas. She truly is a special kid! She goes to pre-k five days a week for four hours. And on Wednesdays she has hippotherapy. I want to thank all the therapist and teachers who have ever worked with her ! xoxoxoxoxo |
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