Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy
Family Enters Contest to Win Cerebral Palsy Treatment
Kiley Griggs is a 4-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. She is bound to a wheelchair and cannot walk, which makes things harder for herself and her parents. “As you can tell, she works really, really hard trying to learn how to walk,” says Kiley’s mother Lori as father Jason bends over to help his daughter. “You can also see that it puts a lot of strain on Daddy and Mommy’s back working with her.” Lori also points out that Kiley’s wheelchair weighs about 45 pounds, so any time they take Kiley anywhere, it is a tiring endeavor for both parents. Jason, a firefighter, already has four herniated discs in his neck. “One of these days I’m afraid that I won’t be able to lift my little girl to help her succeed in walking.” They want to provide Kiley with chiropractic services to help with her scoliosis and hip dysplasia, but…
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Cerebral Palsy and Tangled Umbilical Cords
The umbilical cord provides vital sustenance to developing babies before childbirth. Since the child cannot breathe air, the umbilical cord provides the child with the mother’s oxygenated blood. A healthy flow of oxygen allows the baby to mature and develop at a natural pace. If something disrupts the cord’s oxygen flow, it can have catastrophic effects on the child for the rest of his or her life. This happened to Claire Scott and her son Charlie in Bournemouth, UK. When Claire gave birth 14 years ago, medical staff allegedly never noticed that her umbilical cord was crushed for 20 minutes. Her son did not receive oxygen during these crucial moments, and a few years later, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She says her son cannot eat, clothe himself or walk, and he has spasms every day. In response to the hospital’s negligence, Claire filed a birth trauma lawsuit against…
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Non-profit Examining Correlation Between Veterans and Birth Defects
The Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC), a non-profit based in Florida, has noticed a strong correlation between children with birth defects and parents with military experience. “Veterans are dying, but even more tragically, the children they’ve left behind are suffering,” said Betty Mekdeci, BDRC’s executive director. She says she has received many heartfelt letters from veterans and their spouses about hardships their children face, including mental retardation, cerebral palsy, deafness, blindness, physical deformities and heart defects. Mekdeci believes that chemical exposure during wartime played a role in the childrens’ disabilities. Mekdeci says that families are frustrated and do not know where to turn. She wants to create a center where affected individuals can go for solutions. “We want to serve our veterans as they have served us by petitioning for a ‘Children’s Center’ that would be staffed by specialists who would provide free diagnosis and treatment for their serious…
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