Kent and Sussex Courier published Tunbridge Wells brain centre offers brave boy a new lifeline

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A miracle child from Ireland who suffered catastrophic brain damage has travelled to Tunbridge Wells to attend a state-of-the-art therapy session to help him in his recovery.

Three-year-old Jude Miley from Dublin has been in Tunbridge Wells with his parents Ann-Louise and Greville for the last two weeks at Starjumpz Childrens Centre to have combined speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and Neurofeedback treatment.

The centre, based at Speldhurst Place, offers ground-breaking services and treatments to children with learning, developmental and behavioural challenges and staff have been working with Jude to help him build his motor and linguistic skills

Jude was six-months-old when complications occurred during a two day corrective surgery when doctors found his diaphragm was pushing the wrong way.

He flat lined for 50 minutes before being resusitated, which deprived his brain of oxygen and it was later discovered through an MRI scan that the entire brain, apart from the brain stem, had been affected.

Had the brain stem been affected, then Jude would have been locked-in. His family were them told he wouldnot survive but he fought and later breathed on his own when taken off ventilation.

Mrs Miley praised the work of the staff at the Tunbridge Wells centre.

She said:Its been fantastic to see Judes response to the therapies offered at Starjumpz. We came here because of the Neurofeedback the centre can offer combined with the other therapies he needs. Hes responded well to the Neurofeedback, which were convinced has made him more restful at night and more amenable during the day, helping his concentration for learning. We are so grateful to all at Starjumpz and plan another trip back here in six months time.

Neurofeedback is a natural treatment which utilises the brains own learning ability and neuroplasticity to train the brain to regulate itself better.

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Kent and Sussex Courier published Tunbridge Wells brain centre offers brave boy a new lifeline