A little piece of heaven

I’ve been super tired the last couple of days, so I’m going to take a break from the computer and writing on the blog and curl up with a book. I think the whole “last month of pregnancy” is getting to me and I’m exhausted!
Bye for now!

This is the new therapy that we are going to be starting with Nathan. This article does a great job of explaining it:

Cold-Laser Therapy: How and Why It Works

Here’s another page I found that summarizes LLLT.

My interest was supremely piqued after speaking to another mom of a beautiful girl with CP. She sent me these articles:

http://med-vetacupuncture.org/english/articles/lasercp.html

http://www.cpfirst.org/aboutus.html

Then, coincidentially, a lady who is pioneering the integration of this treatment for children with cerebral palsy is coming to the West Coast so she is going to train us on a protocol to use with the laser.

As usual, I’m going out on a limb and trying something pretty new and experimental. But I have a feeling about this one…so we’re going for it. The best part? The treatment consists on holding the laser on key acupuncture points throughout the body. Each treatment is only 10-15 minutes and is completely painless for Nathan.

Dr. Kenny worked on me and Nathan once with the laser, a long time ago, and it was supremely powerful – so I know there’s something to this! I will report my findings as we learn more!

Here’s a video showing the laser and the first exercise series I’ll be doing with Nathan (as soon as he gets home).

The wonderful Sarah, Alli’s mom, wrote a post on her blog regarding her journey/experiences teaching Alli how to use a communication method. While I have been running around focusing on Nathan’s physical skills, Sarah’s been very consistent and focused on helping Alli communicate. They are far ahead of us so I wanted to share a link to her post regarding their journey towards functional communication:

Communication Devices

I will call Sarah and find out if I can help her upload some videos so we can all see exactly what each of these methods look like.

In the meantime, enjoy this wonderful, super informative post!

PS Alli has CVI, so it’s hard for her to rely on vision to make choices. By using scanning with voice output, she can listen for options and make her selections based on her sense of hearing.