Tuesday, September 15, 2009

How's He Doing?

One of the things people ask us the most about Byron’s therapy is “How’s he doing – is he ok with the cast?  Is he complaining a lot? Is he having tantrums?”   This is the thing I was most worried about too.  Yet for whatever reason, Byron seems totally fine with the cast.  He has never once asked for it to come off, or complained, or behaved in any way other than his happy self.  Perhaps it’s partly because now he has this great club on the end of his arm that effectively can whack anything or anyone and get quite a big reaction.  Or perhaps it’s because a two year old lives most completely in the present.  This cast thing is what is happening now and it’s ok.   Or perhaps since so many people are really really encouraging him to use his left hand right now, maybe on some level he understands that it’s all good for him.  For whatever reason this whole experience has been much easier on us as a family than I ever thought it would be.   Byron’s doctors encourage kids with hemiplegia to do this every year.  I’m not so sure about that.  One very full day at a time.

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