Byron's Wonderful World

Thanks Ellen - I will change that dubious astrolog...

2010-04-05T19:38:52.749-04:00

Thanks Ellen - I will change that dubious astrological date immediately!

2010-04-05T19:36:09.542-04:00

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That's really nice, Denise. Looks like a beau...

2010-04-05T18:24:43.907-04:00

That's really nice, Denise. Looks like a beautiful place too. I'm sure you didn't mean Byron was born on the 38th, right? Now that would make the astrologers crazy!

I'm just seeing this now, Denise. What a beau...

2010-03-15T14:50:48.432-04:00

I'm just seeing this now, Denise. What a beautiful post. I still feel like a child when I see the Moon.

C.I or CIMT is Constraint Induced Movement therapy...

2010-03-11T06:01:48.077-05:00

C.I or CIMT is Constraint Induced Movement therapy. By constraining the healthy hand C.I forces the patient to use only the affected hand with out relying on the healthy hand to perform ADL. C.I therefore ensures that the patient performs intensive and repetitive functional ADL or exercise tasks.

The MediTouch HandTutor is a rehabilitation glove and software which offers impairment oriented training and augmented feedback or biofeedback. Impairment oriented training (IOT) relies firstly on an objective evaluation of the patients sensory motor and cognitive ability. A deficit in the sensory motor and cognitive ability is known as an impairment. Secondly IOT provides customized exercises for each impairment or exercises that group of impairments together.

The HandTutor provides repetitive customized isolated or inter joint co-ordinated finger and wrist hand exercises and rehabilitates fine movements of the hand and wrist. At the same time the dedicated rehabilitation software motivates the patient to continue intensive repetitive exercises by providing challenging games that have been designed around both neurological and Orthopedic conditions. Research with the HandTutor confirms that Task oriented training should be combined with Impairment oriented (IOT) training to achieve enhanced functional recovery. The HandTutor is used in hospitals and community clinics as well as through tele rehabilitation. Examples of patients that are treated include Stroke, TBI, spinal cord injury CP, Orthopedic hand and arm surgery, development co-ordination disorders in children etc.

Hi, I wish I had known you were going to be at the...

2010-03-03T03:49:15.966-05:00

Hi, I wish I had known you were going to be at the Elmo show... we were there too, right in the row where the man stood with the balloons! Hope you enjoyed it, we sure did!!!

2010-03-03T03:47:13.250-05:00

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So nice to meet you. Thanks for leaving a comment ...

2010-02-27T13:56:02.648-05:00

So nice to meet you. Thanks for leaving a comment on our blog. Ithaca is right around the corner... we live min. from Rt. 13 near Tate Equipment. Would love to get together sometime! I will have to do alot of reading to catch up on your blog!

That one really made me smile. Thanks, Aunt Denis...

2010-01-03T17:00:16.363-05:00

That one really made me smile. Thanks, Aunt Denise!
Hugs to you three, Thomas

This wont let me watch without accepting 'send...

2009-12-29T08:12:57.557-05:00

This wont let me watch without accepting 'sender's friend request" What is that?
Oh well I will just have to rely on my own fertile imagination.
Lots of love
Rudra

Byron is awesome! (And so are you and Bob.) Beth ...

2009-12-28T01:44:24.745-05:00

Byron is awesome! (And so are you and Bob.)

Beth Monroe

Hey Denise. Googling names from the past and found...

2009-12-05T16:10:02.025-05:00

Hey Denise. Googling names from the past and found your blog. I couldn't decide whether this was you but then saw a photo of your brother and knew for sure. You look great, and it looks like you are doing well, especially given the constraints imposed by your son's illness. I have a very good friend here in Colorado Springs who has a 6-year-old daughter with Down's Syndrome and have watched her journey, with all its joys and difficulties. John and I are still married with 2 daughters, ages 8 and 11. Are you on Facebook? We have plenty of photos up there.
Debby Patz Clarke

This is so awesome!

2009-11-28T01:18:40.564-05:00

This is so awesome!

He looks right at home! Pretty grown up if you ask...

2009-10-08T00:39:11.576-04:00

He looks right at home! Pretty grown up if you ask me.

Yeah!! I'm so happy you made this decision. J...

2009-09-30T22:43:09.105-04:00

Yeah!! I'm so happy you made this decision. Juliet

You have a beautiful "blog".. What a won...

2009-09-26T16:49:45.645-04:00

You have a beautiful "blog".. What a wonderful way of capturing all the aspects of your sons challanges and achievements. Juliet and Brandon are enjoying your friendship and hope to continue as the boys grow up. Byron looks like a beautiful,bright and happy boy. Millie Kelley[brandon's grandmother]

Looking good, looking good!

2009-09-25T23:23:12.928-04:00

Looking good, looking good!

Awesome is the right word. Sending love, Laura

2009-09-23T11:08:34.112-04:00

Awesome is the right word. Sending love, Laura

Awesome video Denise. Please keep us posted on hi...

2009-09-23T10:21:38.476-04:00

Awesome video Denise. Please keep us posted on his progression! He's doing so wonderful! You're a good Mommy!
Monica Small

Wow, you can really see how far he has come!! Hoor...

2009-09-21T13:06:47.716-04:00

Wow, you can really see how far he has come!! Hooray for Byron!!

xo, Patricia

What a friendly son you have Denise. And all 3 of ...

2009-09-21T03:00:38.118-04:00

What a friendly son you have Denise.
And all 3 of you have so much patience.
Great to watch Byron doing his homework.
Love,
Greeth

more: Baltimore City currently has about 14,000 ab...

2009-09-17T21:36:10.139-04:00

more: Baltimore City currently has about 14,000 abandoned houses and more than 12,000 vacant lots, and nearly one-third of its industrial land is under-utilized (Hager 2002). A recent nationwide survey found that Baltimore City has one of the highest vacancy to population ratios: 22.22 abandoned structures per 1000 residents compared to an average of 2.63 per 1000 across all of the cities surveyed (Pagano and Bowman 2000). Baltimore City’s main problem seems to be the high number and widespread nature of its vacant structures

Just found this in the Hopkins Magazine -Universit...

2009-09-17T21:32:39.007-04:00

Just found this in the Hopkins Magazine -University Biotech Park to Fight Blight After months of behind-the-scenes discussions, Baltimore City officials are moving forward with an ambitious plan that would transform a blighted neighborhood bordering the Johns Hopkins Hospital into biotech research space and as many as 1,500 new or rebuilt homes. Mayor Martin O'Malley's proposal calls for rebuilding an 80-acre swath which, despite sitting in the shadow of the nation's preeminent medical complex, has been devastated by poverty and drug abuse. In all, the project calls for $200 million in public-sector investment from federal, state, and city sources, and hundreds of millions of dollars more from private investors. The redevelopment centers on a proposed East Baltimore Research Park planned for 22 acres -- about a quarter of the overall site -- directly north of Hopkins Hospital.

Is it me or do all the building look like they'...

2009-09-17T16:14:48.574-04:00

Is it me or do all the building look like they're leaning? Could it be that the buildings are sinking and that's why they had to be abandoned?

Hi very cool progress. Byron is doing great!!

2009-09-14T10:00:15.089-04:00

Hi very cool progress. Byron is doing great!!