Blaz’s Progress To Date
I thought id just write a quick update on Adrian and his progress since having 2 of the 4 injections.
Since we’ve been here i have noticed a big decrease in his muscle tone and spasm, his arms are alot more relaxed and they are no longer paddlocked to his chest. Now that his arms are far more relaxed it has given us the opportunity to work with them in Physio, we have been concentrating on him lifting his arms above his face (when laying flat on his back) and he is getting stronger at this. For the first time he did this exercise with his right arm aswell, where as he couldnt before…. During the physio sessions we have also been working on his legs, standing, neck movement, trunk control, eye movement and contact, and sitting. He still seems to have a little bit of spasm in his legs but is standing very well… We are trying to get him to hold his head alot more by himself to strengthen all his muscles, his doing this alot better while standing…
During his OT Sessions (Lilly) works with his mouth and Jaw. She props and pulls his cheecks, tongue and jaw left right and centre to re possition and align it all. Adrian doesnt seem to like it all that much, i think he finds it annoying, but its all for the good. We established that Adrian keeps his mouth open alot because he has an overbight. This was basically caused from lying down for lengthy periods (John Hunter Hospital) while his muscles were weak. The work Lilly has been doing with him has enabled him to close his mouth on a more frequent basis. . . We are working towards Adrian blowing out of his mouth and saying certain sounds on command…
Acupuncture is pretty much acupuncture nothing really i can write about it other than he gets a bunch of needles here and there. . The acupuncturist (Rose) rotates her sessions, some will be acupuncture, others she uses the suction cups, massage and Moxa… Moxa is a stick of herbs which is burnt over certain pressure points to promote/stimulate Blood Circulation. It smells exactly like Marijuana, or so im told.
2 comments January 16th, 2007
