Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy Treatment

Utah boy with cerebral palsy learns to walk for Mickey Mouse By Megan Marsden Christensen January 15th, 2015 @ 10:43am SPRINGVILLE Coined as The Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland is a magical place for many families. And for one Utah family, it is a place of miracles. When 6-year-old Kyler Pope was a baby, doctors told his parents he would likely never walk. But prior to his first trip to Disneyland, Kyler, who has cerebral palsy, spontaneously told his mother, Stephanie, Im going to take my first step for Mickey Mouse. Life has never come easy for Kyler as far as his health is concerned. We received Kyler at 9 months old as a foster son and ended up adopting him within about a year, Stephanie Pope said. I could see there was something wrong developmentally, so we went to Primary Childrens Hospital to have him observed. Over the course of a couple of years, the Pope family learned Kyler had a form of autism in addition to cerebral palsy. Kyler's days filled with physical therapy, occupational therapy and vision therapy. See the original post here: Utah boy with cerebral palsy learns to walk for Mickey Mouse … Continue reading →

07:00 16 January 2015 Hayley Anderson Freddy Hazelwood is four-years-old and has cerebral palsy his family, have been raising money for more than a year for him to go to America and have his operation so that he can now walk. Archant A four-year-old boy with cerebral palsy took his first unaided steps after his family succeeded in raising almost 100,000 for a miracle operation. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. Shelley Hazelwood, of Primrose Glen, Ardleigh Green, and her family travelled to America for her son Freddys operation, but she could not believe her eyes when she saw him walk unaccompanied by his walking frame, just hours after surgery. She said: It was an absolute miracle. Me and my husband just looked at each other in complete shock that he had made so much progress in such a short amount of Read the original: VIDEO: Ardleigh Green boy with cerebral palsy takes first unaided steps after operation … Continue reading →

VIEW GALLERY The family of Ben Baddeley, the cerebral palsy patient helped by Mirror readers, is making one final fundraising push to help him walk without pain. Bens life was transformed by our readers who gave more than 20,000 to pay for two vital operations which fell victim to Tory NHS cuts. Now he needs another 16,000 for physio to complete his recovery, and his devoted parents Amy and Gary have pledged to raise it for him. We published a series of articles to highlight his case. The campaign helped to bring about a Government U-turn on selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) treatment, which has given Ben the chance to walk again. He got his first bike for Christmas and Amy, 30, is using that to help with his physio sessions. Bens cerebral palsy meant he had misfiring nerves which caused constant tightness in the leg muscles. Two SDR operations involved opening the spine to cut out nerves which are were not working to improve his movement. Now three 150-a-session physiotherapy is needed three times a week to complete his recovery, and is likely to take another year to 18 months. Full-time mum Amy, of Silverdale, Staffs., said: The better Ben … Continue reading →

A TODDLER is jetting out to India with his mother and grandmother for a second course of treatment which could give him some eyesight. Little Connor Wrighton, who is just over 13 months old, is having stem cell therapy at a clinic in New Delhi, following treatment he had in the city in October and November. Parents Nathan and Lisa Wrighton said they were feeling very positive that the pioneering treatment was going to make a major difference to Connors life. He was born blind and with a form of cerebral palsy. At just 23 days old, Connor had a shunt fitted to relieve the pressure on his brain by taking away fluid to his stomach. Doctors at Unistem Biosciences in New Delhi are starting a new phase of treatment for Connor, taking cells from his hips to hopefully regenerate his eyes. The latest course of treatment is expected to last just under two weeks. Mr Wrighton, formerly of Oxenhope and Silsden and an ex-student of South Craven School in Cross Hills, said the family was very hopeful that the stem cell therapy would make a significant difference to his sons sight. He added: "We were very impressed with the … Continue reading →

A study tracking more than 100,000 infants has shown that newborns with jaundice that are otherwise healthy are highly unlikely to develop a severe and potentially deadly form of cerebral palsy. Researchers at UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital San Francisco and the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research sought to examine the correlation between elevated levels of the liver-produced pigment bilirubin, which causes the yellowing of the skin and eyes associated with jaundice, and cerebral palsy a range of disorders that impairs control of movement. The team was especially interested in kernicterus, a rare and life-threatening type of cerebral palsy triggered by escalating bilirubin that injures the brain. Jaundice occurs in most newborns because the immature liver is unable to break down the pigment fast enough. Treatment is not usually required, but in some cases babies undergo phototherapy, in which they are exposed to special lights that change bilirubin into a compound that can be excreted. In cases when very high bilirubin fails to drop, an infant may have an exchange transfusion, which is the replacement of blood with donor blood. The study, which evaluated the health records of two groups of babies selected from 525,409 births, was led by … Continue reading →

First published in News Last updated by Stuart Rust, reporter covering Dursley, Cam, Sharpness, Slimbridge, Kingscote, Stone, Coaley, Uley, Woodford, North Nibley, Stinchcombe and Cambridge A HEROIC father from Slimbridge climbed the height of the worlds tallest mountain and raised 21,000 for a life-changing operation for his three-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy. James Bottger, 37, walked up and down Robinswood Hill, in Gloucester, 75 times, the equivalent distance one would tackle if climbing Mount Everest. The money he raised means the Bottger family now have the 60,000 they require to travel to America with their daughter for surgery and physiotherapy that may allow her to walk, something she is unable to do due to her condition. Mr Bottger lives in St John's Road, Slimbridge, with his wife Kate and two daughters Charlotte and four-month old Harriet. Charlotte was born 10 weeks premature and, as a result of the brain-damage she incurred, was diagnosed as having quadriplegic cerebral palsy at 18 months of age. Increased spasticity - stiffness in the muscles of the arms legs and backs - has rendered Charlotte incapable of walking, as well as causing a significant amount of pain and a general reduction of motor functions. St … Continue reading →

First published in News Last updated by Stuart Rust, reporter covering Dursley, Cam, Sharpness, Slimbridge, Kingscote, Stone, Coaley, Uley, Woodford, North Nibley, Stinchcombe and Cambridge A HEROIC father from Slimbridge climbed the height of the worlds tallest mountain and raised 21,000 for a life-changing operation for his three-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy. James Bottger, 37, walked up and down Robinswood Hill, in Gloucester, 75 times, the equivalent distance one would tackle if climbing Mount Everest. The money he raised means the Bottger family now have the 60,000 they require to travel to America with their daughter for surgery and physiotherapy that may allow her to walk, something she is unable to do due to her condition. Mr Bottger lives in St John's Road, Slimbridge, with his wife Kate and two daughters Charlotte and four-month old Harriet. Charlotte was born 10 weeks premature and, as a result of the brain-damage she incurred, was diagnosed as having quadriplegic cerebral palsy at 18 months of age. Increased spasticity - stiffness in the muscles of the arms legs and backs - has rendered Charlotte incapable of walking, as well as causing a significant amount of pain and a general reduction of motor functions. St … Continue reading →

Oskar Pycroft with his mum and Nick Higgs BRISTOL Rovers supporters raised 4,198.39 toward an operation for six-year-old Bristol City fan Oskar Pycroft through bucket collections at yesterdays game against Torquay United. Oskar has bilateral spastic cerebral palsy, which means he is unable to sit, stand or walk independently, and he is in constant pain with his muscles and joints. Without complex medical intervention, Oskar faces a life of continuing pain and will never be able to walk independently. However, there is an operation called SDR, which could change all that. Surgeons will perform the operation in Bristol on a private basis as, regretfully, Oskar does not meet current NHS criteria, and so will not qualify for the operation under current rules. Oskars mum, Lizzy, is seeking to raise 50,000 to enable him to have this treatment in Bristol. This money will pay for pre-operation assessments, the operation itself, early aftercare, rehabilitation and post-surgery check-ups. Bristol Rovers chairman Nick Higgs said: I would like to thank all our supporters, and those of Torquay, who gave so generously for Oskars operation. This money, together with the Supporters Club quiz night and a donation from the fans forum, means the total donations … Continue reading →

KEIGHLEY-BASED Sight Airedale has launched a fund to help a tot who was born blind. One-year-old Connor Wrighton, who also has cerebral palsy, has undergone pioneering stem cell treatment in India. And he faces further surgery overseas as medical teams battle to help him see. Now Sight Airedale, formerly Keighley & District Blind Association, has set-up Connors Humpty Fund to support the youngster. The fund will run until 2019 and Connors parents will be able to access the money for any purpose until he starts attending school, said Annette Gregory, for Sight Airedale. People can donate online or send us cheques! The charitys board of directors kicked off the fund with a 500 donation. Cheques can be sent to the Sight Airedale office at 1 Albert Street, Keighley. View post: Funding is launched to assist Connor … Continue reading →

December 31, 2014, 10:26 PM Last updated: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 3:57 PM At birth, Teanecks Alyssa Sims could fit snugly in her fathers hand she was about the size of his snow glove. VIOREL FLORESCU/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Alyssa Sims, 30, of Teaneck is training for the 2015 World Special Olympics in Los Angeles. Born 2 months premature by cesarean section, she had to fight for life from the moment of delivery. Sims and her mother suffered from a prenatal condition that came close to being fatal for both of them. We were killing each other, said Renee Herriott, Sims mother. As a result, Sims lungs and central nervous system didnt function properly, requiring a 2-month stay in the hospitals neonatal intensive care unit. She developed cerebral palsy. But despite that, Herriott said, progress came quickly so much so that by the time Alyssa was a toddler, it was clear she would excel beyond the hopes of her loving and protective family. They still pinch themselves at the thought that their tiny baby, now a 30-year-old woman, is a world-class Special Olympian. As he watched his daughters wobbly balance on the uneven bars recently at Elite Gymnastics in Hawthorne, Rudolph Sims … Continue reading →