A little piece of heaven

Last night I had a dream. There was a voice in my head, just a disembodied voice that said, give him time, the dendrites need time to grow. And then I saw an image of like branches sprouting from a tree, and they were growing. Then the voice said, for most people they grow faster. His need more time. Give them time to grow. Keep trying. And then I woke up.

Now let me explain what’s fascinating about this dream. I have NO idea what dendrites are. I never took anatomy, paid 0 attention to all my classes in high school that had anything to do with biology and the human body (and I’ve been out of high school for 10 years, and majored in literature in college).

When I woke up I remembered the dream perfectly, vividly. And of course the first thing I did was run to Google to look for the definition of dendrites:

“The dendrites of a neuron are cellular extensions with many branches, where the majority of input to the neuron occurs. The overall shape and structure of a neuron’s dendrites is called its dendritic tree. ”

And here’s a picture of them:

Crazy huh!

So I think I have an answer to all of my questioning! Give the dendrites time to grow.

I made a little map of the therapies I want to do with Nathan, their cost and duration. None of these are covered by insurance. I need help trying to figure out what to do and when! Of course our resources are limited so we have to choose what we do wisely.

Here are the links to the programs:

Hyperbaric: Oxygen Therapy

G-therapy

Neuro-fitness

ABR

Stem Cell Therapy

Reach

Intensive Model Of Therapy or IMOT

Anat Baniel

Neurofeedback

Conductive Education

Osteopathy

I’ve added a new category to this blog called “What I’ve Learned”.

There are so many things I want to tell other parents that are just starting out their journey, or travelling along with me, that I figure this will be the best way to do it.

Every couple of days I am going to post something that I have learned that other families might benefit from. This will range from how to write letters of medical necessity, to sharing equipment we have and use, to ways of dealing emotionally.

My hope is that maybe some of our experiences may help others.

For today, I want to share photos of Nathan’s experience during the Carousel Ranch Heart of the West annual benefit: