So refreshing to meet Di, she’s Chiara’s new weekly Physiotherapist. So good to see Chiara weight bearing… and not having her legs collapse and fold underneath her…. c’mon girl…!
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A few discussions about Cerebral Palsy, in terms of Chiara’s rigidity/spasticity. CP is an umbrella term..sometimes there are abnormal movements (dystonia), sometimes there is Chorea Athetosis, jerky dancey type movements… the words Cerebral Palsy are just the words to describe muscle function, I have flashes of Chiara stuck in a dance of chorea athetosis, the visual image scares […]
Love how things come to you – just when you need them! This week has been full of moments that have come together by random chance. A friend handed me a flyer on some free yoga workshops at The Abbotsford Convent next month, and turns out they are linked to teachings for children with special […]
Let It Go from Danna Faulds Let go of the ways you thought life would unfold:the holding of plans or dreams or expectations – Let it all go. Save your strength to swim with the tide.The choice to fight what is here before you now willonly result in struggle, fear, and desperate attemptsto flee from the […]
So relieved that Chiara is back at home, resting and slowly coming back to her happy smiley self. Just received the phone call from the doctor telling us Chiara’s tests for Measles came back all clear. So it’s just a virus of some sort, but nothing too serious! So blessed, especially for the love and […]
On the back of a week of unsettled nights with Chiara, we could see she wasn’t herself. Friday morning when I was changing her nappy, I noticed a red rash all over her face and body. She was struggling for breath, and wasn’t her usual smiley self. So I quickly packed a bag for the […]
Thank you to Kristen Morrisons Book ‘Naturally Better’, we discovered some additional paths to healing. She refers to the ‘synergy of therapies’, as part of her program. Synergy: the working together of two things (muscles and protein for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects; a process existing in […]
Wow what a full-on week, Mauro and I attended the course held at Bayview on the Park in Melbourne CBD. 50 hours of child-brain development intensive, the course was delivered in a particularly freezing room – why? Well they designed it this way, to give our brains the optimal environment to function at its best. Apparently […]