tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22382962884228964512024-03-05T04:38:29.134-05:00Get Your Awareness On with AmyScrapSpot!I am mom to 3 boys. With my youngest (born Nov. 2017) being special needs, I have discovered how little awareness there is for his list of rare conditions, even for those- not so rare conditions. THIS is where I help to change that!
My passion is Spreading Awareness for my little guy and helping others do the same! Using my embroidery machine, I am armed to help you make the world aware! We can't know what we aren't aware of! Get Your Awareness On! AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-41190387651012251412020-10-12T23:50:00.003-04:002020-10-12T23:51:48.188-04:00Rebranding and Moved to Wordpress!<p>Hello Everyone!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIefHkfZLPqDwN6dNpYhqP_gUOLtcsfeX8vwsMn5Q1B04LCzu5nseSFO1YKQKMHLFJOSeT8j3hl4YC45MS9Ac0qybo0x0HZkTIO8TCwF8sLOvHc-YVLVd_hOT-2rtrNRpx0lE5-UeoKM/s2295/aWearingHope3D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="2295" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIefHkfZLPqDwN6dNpYhqP_gUOLtcsfeX8vwsMn5Q1B04LCzu5nseSFO1YKQKMHLFJOSeT8j3hl4YC45MS9Ac0qybo0x0HZkTIO8TCwF8sLOvHc-YVLVd_hOT-2rtrNRpx0lE5-UeoKM/w372-h59/aWearingHope3D.png" width="372" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is official! My new website </span><a href="https://aWearingHope.com"><span style="font-size: large;">https://aWearingHope.com</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> is up and running!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It will be updated and changed regularly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was having a really hard time in Blogger and started to realize that it wasn't going to get better and rebranding was necessary, anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> AmyScrapSpot just didn't express what I was about anymore.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I would love for you to catch up with me over there. The Subscribe link is active ;) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I would also really appreciate if you could share my new link. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Can you Help me build? I</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">have BIG ideas but I need some followers, to get the word out </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">☺</span></p><p><a href="https://aWearingHope.com" style="font-size: x-large;">https://aWearingHope.com</a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm sad to see AmyScrapSpot go, but the excitement that I feel with my new path is undeniable <3</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Get Your Awareness On!</span></p><p>God Bless you all.</p><p>Until we meet again ;)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-10810186051897658052020-09-25T00:34:00.001-04:002020-09-25T00:34:25.341-04:00Important Announcement! <p> Hey Everyone! </p><p>I have some awesome news!</p><p>I am moving to a website!</p><p>I love AmyScrapSpot, but it doesn't quite fit with my journey, any longer. 12 years ago, I began a blog about scrapbooking.. Life is kind of crazy, huh.. I never would have thought to be where I am, now. ♡</p><p>I have big plans for my awareness adventures and realized that my next step is quite a big one.</p><p>I will soon be re-branding to "aWearing Hope"! This new name really speaks to the heart of my mission. We could all use a little hope, right?</p><p>I will let you know as soon as everything is set. I hope you will join me! Big things are afoot 🥰</p><p>Here's a peek at my new logo 🥰</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrKCmouOwgj24ap3iOJlY-EhXPK2R4OncTuG3uTIKSPrF4rt4IZv847LZY5L484bfVJDeHKv55R4OfDt5p_SIVQVcA98zb6HVm_BUq1oD9VKzL_fQxPns-dN5ez4IDTOEgg1Ht28KHPQ/s2579/20200925_003045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="2579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrKCmouOwgj24ap3iOJlY-EhXPK2R4OncTuG3uTIKSPrF4rt4IZv847LZY5L484bfVJDeHKv55R4OfDt5p_SIVQVcA98zb6HVm_BUq1oD9VKzL_fQxPns-dN5ez4IDTOEgg1Ht28KHPQ/s320/20200925_003045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>God Bless ♡♡</p><p><br /></p>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-48017360967703706272020-09-14T23:50:00.003-04:002020-09-15T20:27:10.290-04:00Axel Mobility Update, Finally!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Hey, Everyone! <p></p><p>I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted!</p><p>Blogger had an update and I had some big issues with it.</p><p>It seems some of the issues are fixed, finally and I am happy to fill you all in! My links aren't right and I can't get my pictures to cooperate. I hope what I was able to add, looks ok.</p><p>It's hard to figure out where to start, I think if I tell all, this will easily be a very big book! So, I will do the mobility portion now and a communication and development update, soon.</p><p>I think one of the biggest things I want to share is that Axel got his "Go Baby Go" car!</p><p>(<a href="http://www.gobabygo.org">www.gobabygo.org</a>)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3MuWXrVWcpJc5ZKeoOkHYztMYKIRFMrDRqlNFS89Ud15nE0Ub4_G10z-rCwjachaIsnNhqV214fEzKlvWBcqIFCdGtUvw1l4ek0LWCKHfC2XmZy7dzAawr25tmhYJWsWJkv2PVDyDEY/s405/20200609_124102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3MuWXrVWcpJc5ZKeoOkHYztMYKIRFMrDRqlNFS89Ud15nE0Ub4_G10z-rCwjachaIsnNhqV214fEzKlvWBcqIFCdGtUvw1l4ek0LWCKHfC2XmZy7dzAawr25tmhYJWsWJkv2PVDyDEY/s320/20200609_124102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBIac5nsnRHJSF7AQC6_PrR7hCpBoJqKuU4g_LHXMTjmdxaFOjzmZuVuf7I_enU04LCbFe-jy5pWyRBrXXEt_L8X7fqvnL58kqV2Rq7ZHUz-3rZDU3VSoRYuZjgEAsQf6euX5koqo13Q/s1877/PicsArt_05-15-11.28.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1877" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBIac5nsnRHJSF7AQC6_PrR7hCpBoJqKuU4g_LHXMTjmdxaFOjzmZuVuf7I_enU04LCbFe-jy5pWyRBrXXEt_L8X7fqvnL58kqV2Rq7ZHUz-3rZDU3VSoRYuZjgEAsQf6euX5koqo13Q/s320/PicsArt_05-15-11.28.32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>If you remember my post from January (below), Axel's car was all wired to go and he had to be fitted for the car seating before he could keep it. Axel's Early On physical therapist arranged the entire thing and also made all of the seating modifications. We are so grateful to her! <3 She retired a couple of months later and we were very sorry to see her go. But what a way to say good bye!</p><p><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2020/01/axel-is-mobile.html">https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2020/01/axel-is-mobile.html</a></p><p>Then Covid struck and I was worried that we wouldn't be able to get his car, for who knew how long..</p><p>However, as it worked out, we were able to get his car in April!</p><p>After much work from Axel's PT, the middle school robotics team and the Avondale Foundation, Axel now gets to drive his awesome wheels!</p><p>This link, is to the news story. <a href="https://youtu.be/ZOmp0KyrHPo">https://youtu.be/ZOmp0KyrHPo</a></p><p>Paula Tutman said that Axel is Driving hope and progress. I couldn't agree more and that phrase really gets me! <3</p><p>Ax has been working really hard in these last few months. Not a surprise. ;)</p><p>He decided that his beloved walker just doesn't do the job as good as mommy and daddy do it.</p><p>So he begs us <strike>often</strike> constantly, to walk him. We walk him all over the house, he and I go back and forth in our small yard and our road. He loves walking outside better than anywhere else. </p><p>However, a couple of months ago, his demands took a bit of a different turn. It's not ALL about walking anymore. NOW, it's about wanting to come and go from the room, with the ease of everyone else. We often leave the room, even if only for a minute. After much practice, Axel will (sometimes) give me about 30 seconds to come back, before he starts to get very upset. He will scoot to the gate and scream for mercy. Once I realized that he wasn't just trying to kill mommy with walking and that he just wants to go, I began taking the gate down sometimes, for him to roam the house (after triple checking that the basement and bathroom doors are closed). The day we did that for the first time, Axel just lit right up and immediately approached the boundary. He seemed to cross it with extra spunk, as if we FINALLY figured it out. lol The floors in our house (aside from bedrooms and living room) are very hard. He decided the freedom was worth it and we just watch him closely, so he doesn't bash his head into the floor. Which he thinks is great fun, still..</p><p>With the above realization, I decided that figuring out some in home mobility could do a LOT for little misters newfound attitude. -and my sanity! lol..</p><p>With the Go Baby Go car, we had outdoors covered! But it was very apparent that Axel was no longer satisfied with his mobility for indoors. Which was non existent. He quickly became too skilled to use his walker in the house, so that is out, too..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-xRpUfEnPztrYz9bPzfNO4MHbu6OS6slqN-CUOVMnrR-263mIFSqmNAlSsozvVJzKaoCFgBe_QV-v0wpusQtv9sTkVVo9h1EjA-End-qT63K4CNPdBgg44_PFCFZofq5rHtNqoBPIMI/s1080/20200609_123912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-xRpUfEnPztrYz9bPzfNO4MHbu6OS6slqN-CUOVMnrR-263mIFSqmNAlSsozvVJzKaoCFgBe_QV-v0wpusQtv9sTkVVo9h1EjA-End-qT63K4CNPdBgg44_PFCFZofq5rHtNqoBPIMI/s320/20200609_123912.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>After doing A LOT of searching I found an option that was really awesome but the expense of it was out of this world. Insurance doesn't cover it, so I quickly let that idea go.</p><p>I'd seen Bella's Bumbas <a href="http://www.BellasBumbas.com">www.BellasBumbas.com</a> around but didn't think Axel was quite ready for it, until now. Isn't it funny how his determination is directly linked to my action? Saving sanity is a big deal! lol</p><p>Bella's Bumba's an awesome foundation that gives mobility to kids that don't have it, yet. It's a toddler wheelchair. There are 3 styles. Axel needed the one with the most support and boy, it is like a throne! He loves sitting upright, playing on the tray and dropping toys over his head. lol -It has these great big wheels, so the kids can use them to move, just like a wheel chair. It is a skill that could be beneficial, even if it's only building arm and core muscles, until the time the child can walk.</p><p>Anyways, I sent Bella's a message letting them know of my interest and Axel's need, asking what to do to request a chair.. They are so wonderful <3 They gave me the info to request a chair and I was quickly on pins and needles wondering how busy they might be and how long it may take for Axel to get his chair.. I believe it was 2 weeks later when I got the notice that he chair had shipped! I could NOT believe how quickly they had gotten his out, for him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi23Me6BP-zoYn2Z6BpC1qoIJ24laes6QqRYzzgkB0P6tIMBbJDa434xX65dpQ1Q3mQTR70q4QGm4Y1bX33o0xJcwPZHr-F4843GT7z9PaEJvoQiOQ2uasVNKlV0nPCwxzlc8FebNrVFE/s2048/20200829_123324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi23Me6BP-zoYn2Z6BpC1qoIJ24laes6QqRYzzgkB0P6tIMBbJDa434xX65dpQ1Q3mQTR70q4QGm4Y1bX33o0xJcwPZHr-F4843GT7z9PaEJvoQiOQ2uasVNKlV0nPCwxzlc8FebNrVFE/s320/20200829_123324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As it was approaching our street on the "stalk your delivery" link (haha), all of a sudden it showed Delivered! ...umm...I haven't left the house and I had been watching like a hawk, the street and my stalking link.. There was no way it came down our street at all, let alone left our package.. After several long phone calls, a claim ticket and investigation, that chair has still NOT made an appearance. I will continue to hold out hope that someone will drop it off -at the address listed on the 35lbs box! Come on humanity, you can do this! It's for handicap children!!</p><p>But Again, Bella's Bumba's was Amazing!! I let them know right away of the situation and I spoke with the head boss lady by text for a few days. She discovered the day after the package went missing that they had ONE chair left, ready to go. She tagged it for Axel and he FINALLY had his chair- under his butt- within 5 days. Yet another person that went above and beyond for our guy. Our village always amazes me.</p><p>By the way, Bella's Bumba's is all donated parts. Parents only have to pay the shipping. So if you know anyone who would benefit, check these chairs out at the link above.</p><p>Or, If your looking for a Really good cause to help, to be a part of helping kids live their happiest life, there is a donate button at the link above, too. They deserve it, hands down!</p><p>I am going to let that awesome news settle, a bit.</p><p>We all know that if I give a full update, this post will go on forever.. lol</p><p> Axel has made Awesome progress with communication, development and so many other things! I can't wait to share about that, next time ;)</p><p>Oh! I don't usually do updates on myself, but my current developments are worth it, for sure.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyZ4Kh4DVl8bOoQyoieQrygU0YZcfRJ4VZAvUcW_-PLKaTOrxirewIL2Xbas_pb0NtUlGZ4QC8l9rR_d06e_SUUODFMymdkfi57mfR8NiQQJMoROpBkdo2BMi2PZKGS32tJ73mmRsMb4/s2048/20200820_154344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyZ4Kh4DVl8bOoQyoieQrygU0YZcfRJ4VZAvUcW_-PLKaTOrxirewIL2Xbas_pb0NtUlGZ4QC8l9rR_d06e_SUUODFMymdkfi57mfR8NiQQJMoROpBkdo2BMi2PZKGS32tJ73mmRsMb4/s320/20200820_154344.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>I'll give you a peek, for now. But it looks to me like I have to get a move on these other updates!</p><p>Be safe everyone.</p><p>God Bless <3</p><p>As always...</p><p>Get Your Awareness On!</p>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-69819884499000151572020-08-12T10:44:00.006-04:002020-08-12T10:44:52.875-04:00I'm a book lady! With Blogger issuesI have been dying to do an update but I'm having terrible problems with my blogger platform 😫
i at least had to let you know that I discovered Usborne Books and More recently and feel in love!!
https://f10554.myubam.com/1671366
My new Facebook group is called AmysBookSpot ~Sense, Sensory and Sensation ♡
it's dedicated to therapy, play and book ideas that will hopefully help you in your adventures ♡♡
I hope Blogger is fixed soon.
SO much has been happening!!
Take good care and God BlessAmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-67765818720339527512020-06-05T19:49:00.002-04:002020-06-05T19:52:40.879-04:00We Need Help & 5 Minutes of Your Time, Please!<strong><font size="2"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZAwLHz-ef0Weo4kxHqdQ3UcYmYWeJZ7eqhpEO6sbMvAGB4uba82tECBtt6RK_lp6UsPSeJlJeHf2e2UIr6uv1pXlR_pRSpg-duLPy9jYCE3XVgKUEEzgyU7dd0nFsZnZ8VC-YYu3nC4/s704/black_and_white_zebra_stripe_awareness_ribbon_classic_round_sticker-r5f88f8d42dee4175bb1426f0fe888e7b_0ugmp_8byvr_704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="704" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZAwLHz-ef0Weo4kxHqdQ3UcYmYWeJZ7eqhpEO6sbMvAGB4uba82tECBtt6RK_lp6UsPSeJlJeHf2e2UIr6uv1pXlR_pRSpg-duLPy9jYCE3XVgKUEEzgyU7dd0nFsZnZ8VC-YYu3nC4/s320/black_and_white_zebra_stripe_awareness_ribbon_classic_round_sticker-r5f88f8d42dee4175bb1426f0fe888e7b_0ugmp_8byvr_704.jpg" /></a></div>I'm popping in to ask for your help!</font></strong><div><font size="2"><b>Yes, all of you, please..</b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b>I found out last week that Axel's neurosurgeon's clinic at Beaumont Hospitals Neuroscience Center (Royal Oak, Michigan) will be closing! </b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b>This month!!</b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>We have known Dr. Zakalik since before we even had Axel. Dr. Z did Ax's brain surgery for his shunt, when he was 22 days old! He fixed it perfectly and with as little as possible. U of M wants to change it (adding an unnecessary catheter) and there is no need.</b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>If this clinic closes, we will have to find a new neurosurgeon or pay cash..</b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b></b></font><b> </b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b>Finding a new BRAIN surgeon is scary!</b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b>You only really need them when brain surgery is discussed.. It's hard to put your baby's most essential part, in someones hands that you have just met..</b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>Obviously Dr. Z sees many more patients than Axel!</b></font></b></div><div><b><strong><font size="2"></font></strong><font size="2"> </font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><font size="2"><b>It is like a sign,</b></font><b style="font-size: small;"> that I got this information and am able to TRY to do something to stop it..</b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><font size="2"><b></b></font><b> </b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b><font size="2"><b>With your help...</b></font></b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b><font size="2"><b></b></font><b> </b></b></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><b><b><font size="2"><b>What I am begging you all to help with...</b></font></b></b></font></b></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><font size="2"><b>I want to get as many letters as possible sent to them, to show how detrimental it would be for so many children, to lose that clinic!!</b></font></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>Can you fax a letter, anything, saying it should stay open? Even if you don't live in Michigan! It doesn't matter. </b></font></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><font size="2"><b>We need to show them that they are WRONG to close it! </b></font></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><font size="2"><b><br /></b></font><font size="2"><b>Our children are worth it!</b></font></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><br /></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>Please help by faxing a letter saying how important the NEUROSURGEON CLINIC at the NEUROSCIENCE CENTER is, to SO MANY children that need it!</b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b> </b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>The fax number is</b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>1-248-551-7373</b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b> </b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b><a href="https://www.beaumont.org/locations/beaumont-neuroscience-center">https://www.beaumont.org/locations/beaumont-neuroscience-center</a></b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b> </b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>Please react quickly. </b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>The clinic will be closing this month!</b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b> </b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>Thank you SO MUCH!!</b></b></font></div><div><font size="2"><b><b>God Bless <3</b></b></font></div>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-50402893599813765762020-03-30T16:25:00.000-04:002020-03-30T16:25:55.395-04:00Here, In Michigan.... Helpful Covid-19 Information For Complex Needs<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello friends!<br />I truly hope this finds you all doing well in these difficult circumstances..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to do a shout out to tell you all to be safe and try to hold on to your sanity in the coming months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It won't be easy.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our society isn't built to keep distance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are social creatures and it feels very wrong, turning into a hermit and staying home- ALL the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are very concerned for the immune compromised people in our family (Axel, his grandparents and myself, included) and I know we are not alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, <i><b>we live in Michigan, near Detroit.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which is now considered a "Hotspot" for the Coronavirus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Monday the state again confirmed more than a thousand new cases -</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">1,012 to be exact (in 1 day!) - and 52 new deaths making the total </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">6,498 cases and 184 deaths, in Michigan.</span></span><img 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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our county is directly above the BLACK (Detroit) area, on the map above..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To say we are worried, is a big understatement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Axel has such a complex medical history, I've began researching to see what could help us prepare better for the coming weeks, under quarantine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ran into a list of great ideas at <a href="https://complexchild.org/articles/covid/covid-preparations/" target="_blank">ComplexChild-Covid Prep</a> and took a few of them to heart. <a href="https://complexchild.org/" target="_blank">ComplexChild.org</a> also has other information that could be helpful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firstly, we don't have any kind of emergency plan in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondly, aside from his compromised grandparents, no one else knows how to take care of his needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my first plan of action is to write out Axel's day - and Everything there is to know about our little sweetness. He isn't too hard to care for, but a few of his needs are hard for someone to do if they aren't familiar. Like changing his feeding tube button, or dealing with his colostomy..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having a plan in place is always a good idea but at this moment, it is almost the most important thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am nearly breaking out in hives, thinking what would happen if both myself and my husband needed to be in the hospital.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I have some homework to do and some calls to make to get a good plan in place for that JUST in case scenario...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't even imagine if we couldn't care for him and then he needed to go to the hospital, we would have no way of knowing anything that were going on and no way to be in contact with him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is only 2.5.. With all of his special needs and deafness, I am past terrified of the possibilities..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ALLLLL Of that to say....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are like me and haven't been planning for the worst, I think that it's time to start- JUST in case....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes it takes a really scary situation for us to realize what we haven't quite gotten around to..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's get our plans in place on this end and pray hard that they won't be needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've only included a couple of links to a single site, but this is the time to remember that Google is our friend. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Search for whatever you think might help you prepare your family for what is sure to be a very difficult and trying time, ahead.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you aren't sure what those things might be, or where to even start the searching process, try Googling the thought you have, or the condition you are concerned for, that could be a great starting point!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stay safe everyone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God Bless </span>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-29010820868279917252020-03-07T00:00:00.000-05:002020-03-13T13:05:48.149-04:00Giveaway!! Show Us Your Spirit!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Welcome back and thank you for stopping by! <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am doing a giveaway in honor of Axel, Deafness, ASL, Special Needs and the amazing community of people that are always there when we need them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All special need entries are welcome ♡</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never done a giveaway quite like this before, but think it will be a LOT of fun and I'm really excited to see some great awareness!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>WhAt Will you Win!?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am ALL about awareness!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you win, I will make you a custom awareness shirt.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the winner is chosen, I will email to get specific details like size, awareness ribbon color ect, for your shirt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will have other options available, as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will draw a winner in Mid April!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scroll down for the links to join the fun! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The steps are listed in the 1st, but to upload tour picture, you have to use the 2nd InLinkz, link.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will detail the info at the bottom, just in case.😉</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel will kick off the show!</span><br />
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<!-- end InLinkz code -->AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com0Michigan, USA44.3148443 -85.60236429999999132.8194508 -106.25666129999999 55.810237799999996 -64.948067299999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-31991602522466825642020-01-31T10:46:00.003-05:002020-02-24T13:30:46.420-05:00Axel is Mobile!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are enjoying winter! I'm not, but I hope you are. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel has had some Major developments recently and they are the perfect excuse to do an update! =D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/11/axel-turned-2-on-perfect-day.html" target="_blank">This Link is The Update From November. Axel Turned 2, On The Perfect day</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I am just adding a few {{BIG}} things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Like this sweet smile</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";">💗</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't even know where I should start. <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In my last post, I told of how great Axel was doing in his gait trainer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He's been using it at therapy for a few months now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All of a sudden, a couple of weeks ago, <i><b>he began using our hands to pull himself to standing! ....</b>even though he can't sit yet and is too busy walking, to want to try. lol</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He figured out pretty quickly (1 day) that he had some control while being up there and began to take steps! (With full support, of course!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fast-forward about 3 days (yes, it was way faster than we ever expected!), <b><i>he began positioning himself in front of my husband and I</i></b>. He'd scoot over on his back, feet pointing at us and grumble. If that didn't work, he would full out cry! Not many things require a full cry, from him. Being deaf, he has recently realized the power of his cry. He feels it and didn't understand that we hear him. He doesn't understand what hearing is, since he's never known it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He now knows exactly how to use his "mommy and daddy button". lol! He'd raise his hands to grab on to our fingers, and stand right up! <b><i>I</i></b><i><b>f you had other ideas, he always has a way of convincing you that his is better</b></i>. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway! He quickly went from demanding to stand, to demanding to be walked around! (in 3 days... he amazes us!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I realized after about 2 days of being his walker, that my rheumatoid arthritis would not hold up under the constant strain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I began calling his therapy people, everybody I could think of, to see if anyone knew of someone that had a gait trainer (like the one at therapy) that he could use.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I <i>quickly</i> got impatient (and <i>exhausted</i> by walking, lol) so I took to facebook with a big mission!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I joined a few new groups that I hadn't thought of looking for.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>-special needs equipment swap/sale/barter- and the alike, in Michigan.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(finding one in Cali wouldn't help us much!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>THIS is where the story goes from sweet to mind blowing!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Within a few hours of pleading for my sanity, I mean a gait trainer,😆 TWO people let me know that they had one for us!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Saying we were blown away, would be a huge understatement!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Giddy with excitement, the next day we went to therapy and Axel tested out the 2nd option, just to be sure it wouldn't be better for him (and it definitely was not, lol. Here's why.. silly boy..)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He isn't looking too bad, right? Next...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">....and here we are.. haha</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> He's just SO happy about it!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Too bad, buddy, that isn't really a position that we encourage you to walk in. lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So we determined that the same kind he's been using is best and ---</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>wait for it---</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TWO days after my initial plea for help, I drove almost 700 miles to retrieve the walker in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a<i>lmost as far away as it could be and still be in Michigan.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Technically, as I was praying for the situation, I told God that as long as it was in Michigan, we would be able to figure it out!</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Well, I could have been slightly more specific, it turns out. haha</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To be honest, I have never driven that far by myself but I really enjoyed it! K-Love radio easily kept me singing along, upbeat and happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I believe it was truly God's hand at work, in this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fact that the 1 person we needed, seen my post within a few hours, is quite amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>What does allllllll of that mean!?</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> Axel now has his very own gait trainer!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our home isn't big enough, but he will get to refine his movements, that's for sure, as he gets stuck all the time. lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We take it with us to his grandparents house (they have more room <3) and look forward to taking him to the beach, mall and anywhere else that we can!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The more practice he gets, the better he will get! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <b>pride ( & smiles) </b>written all over his face, as he walks around, discovering doors, drawers and things, has got to be the absolute best feeling in the world, to a parent<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> -</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and to him, I bet!!</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His newfound independence is lighting up our whole world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i><u>Here is a sentence that I thought would take years to speak-</u></i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i><u><span style="font-size: large;">AXEL IS WALKING!!</span> (with help, but that part of the sentence just doesn't seem important.)</u></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As if that new development isn't enough, there is more!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't know how many of you are familiar with school district programs for kids that need additional support (before school age)? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For us in Michigan, it is called Early On or Early intervention. It begins very early and goes until the child is 3. Then, they start school =O</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(I am in shock that <i><b>Axel will start school this year!!</b></i>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My experience with Early On has been fabulous! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have had the same physical and occupational therapists since Axel began when he was 4 months old (His speech and deaf teacher haven't been around quite that long but they are just as awesome!). These ladies are the best we ever could have asked for! After nearly 2 years, working with him, I can tell they care about him and desire to help him do all that he can. <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You just can't find people like that every day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that you have a little background on it, I can tell you the BIG news!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel's PT (physical Therapist) <b>requested a grant from our school district to get Axel and 1 other little boy, ride on- push button- cars! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cooler than that??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It was APPROVED</b> <b><i>in FULL</i>!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Could it get any cooler!? YES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>The foundation that "gave her the idea" is called "Go Baby Go- Cerebral Palsy Foundation". If you haven't heard of it, <a href="https://www.yourcpf.org/cpproduct/go-baby-go-the-ultimate-toy-hack/" target="_blank">Check it out on Google</a>!</i></b></span><br />
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“GO BABY GO,” IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES MODIFIED, RIDE-ON CARS TO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES SO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND INDEPENDENTLY.</h3>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They are a wonderful foundation but super busy- as I am sure you can imagine! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So our PT went above and beyond, <i>again.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She got the instructions from Go Baby Go (for free, anyone can get them!!). She then called our district schools because their robotics teams can make it a "Switch" car (meaning that a button, switch or whatever works best for the child, is added and the gas/brake pedals are no longer used). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His therapist will make all of the seating accommodations and o</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ur middle school will get to work on the electronic parts, for us!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She brought his new car to visit him last week, lol, so she could see what needed to be done to it, for him to be able to sit in and use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THEN, last Sunday (yes, on a weekend!!) she and her husband brought it for a final seat fitting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This car has quite literally knocked my socks off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First, it is a Maserati, so it is the coolest looking kids' ride-on, I have ever seen. lol.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check out the list of "factory" features on this bad boy, it is fully loaded!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are hydraulics, Awesome hubcaps that light up with colored LED's, Head & tail lights, automatic doors, fun buttons to push with lights on the dashboard. It has a working radio, too, but it will do no good for Axi, so we are going to create a place to install his bass boosting speaker, so he can get some vibrations from it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The top feature, though, is that it's also remote controlled!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To sum it up, He is going to be cruising in Style, BIG time, this summer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When his little legs tire out from all of his gait training, we can "hop" him into his car and he can go for a spin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As excited as we are for those awesome things, there is one final thing that <b>tops both (and that is saying something)!</b> BBBut I don't have any pictures of it, because we haven't gotten it, yet. So I will mention it but leave the details for when I can show it, too. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The only thing that could top the awesome-ness above (I think!?), is the fact that Axel will be getting his AAC communication device (AAC= Augmentative Alternative Communication) within a matter of weeks! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, I think we all agree, <b>communication pretty much tops everything!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the last update- <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/11/axel-turned-2-on-perfect-day.html" target="_blank">Axel Turned 2, On The Perfect day</a> I mentioned the AAC device at the end but found out recently that<b> his</b> <b>AAC device has been ordered and it will be here in February!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His speech therapist and teacher of the deaf are the perfect people to have on the case! They recognized right away that a "standard" AAC device wouldn't be quite enough for him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With a "Standard" device, you push one of the buttons and a red border outlines your choice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is no feeling of it being pressed and of course, Axel can't hear it say what he wants to say. So to him, there wouldn't be enough of an indication that anything had been pressed at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SO, his therapist got in touch with a specialist and found a device that will light up with his option! THAT is the perfect way to help him realize that he controls what is happening! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am just a bundle of nervous energy, these days! Lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are so excited to bust Axel's world right open to wonder that he has no idea is awaiting him! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I share all of this with you all for a couple of reasons. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I love posting Axel updates, for 1. Lol</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Also, I am hoping that it could benefit another family. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I didn't know these things were even a possibility a few months ago. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>If we didn't have an awesome team that thought of them, we would be clueless.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>You know my favorite phrase right?</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>It fits here, too..</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We Can't Know What We Aren't Aware Of!</span></em></strong>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The moral of this story?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you know any children that struggle with mobility, there are options.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>REALLY Cool</em></strong> options, too!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All you have to do is talk to people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lots of people. ♡</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope you have a wonderful February!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">God Bless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-33946630052701071752020-01-13T12:05:00.001-05:002020-02-24T13:30:26.796-05:00How To Help Build Neck Strength<div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I am very happy to raise some awareness for neck strength and give a bit of direction that could assist anyone searching for specific help on this topic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In this post, <b>I will list and detail positions for building strength in the neck. </b><b><u>Neck strength is a BIG must for head control.</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Many of these exercises work on other areas, as well - back, core, legs, coordination of movement and hand/eye coordination, among other things. They also help the child to realize all of the fun that can be had while being upright! Sometimes, that realization alone is enough to drive our sweeties to get a move on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you think about it from their perspective, for a moment.. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Every day you play on the floor. You are comfortable there. You can move this way and that, to get to your goal- that awesome light-up toy across the room. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>The </i><b><i>key here, is that you KNOW how to groove</i></b><i> on the floor, your confident and in control. (Even if everyone tells you that it's HARDER that way)!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Then imagine someone telling you that they want your body upright. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>I imagine you'd feel disoriented, uncomfortable, insecure, and maybe just flat weird! </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Without core muscle and neck strength, holding yourself upright seems like an impossible feat. (Especially to someone who has never accomplished the action on their own).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I'm not sure how many kids have a similar situation to my Axel (but I'm going to put it out there, just in case). We realized that since birth, we have to teach Axel everything. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We inherently have these "knee jerk reactions" (or reflexes in some cases) to a Lot of things, but Axel doesn't. We have to teach him how to respond to everything. (example, I built towers for months, without so much as a sideways glance from Mr. Babyman. Then one day, a little before he turned 2, I repeated my process. To my surprise and enjoyment, he high-tailed it over to the tower (faster than you would think he could, on his back!) and has been knocking them over ever since! I am saying this only to point out something that I feel could be really important, for some people.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><i>If we don't force them to move outside of their "box", they may not understand what you expect from them or that they are even capable of it.</i></b></span></span><b><i> </i></b>That would obviously have negative results. Flailing around, trying to push out of the position, crying. Almost always ending in the same way, with frustration- from both of you!<br /> The end result there, is a little champ that will go to any length to avoid that position, again. It wasn't fun the first time, so why should they want to try again and again. I don't know how strong your sweeties are, but my guy has been working himself to the bone, since birth.<br /> I think he could take Popeye, even with the spinach! lol<br /><br /> Let's jump right in!<br /><br /> I've mentioned before that I am a member of several Facebook groups regarding special needs.<br /> I am in groups for Dandy-Walker, Hydrocephalus, rare diseases, deafness, superheroes (for kids battling anything and everything), muscle tone, tube feeding, colostomies and believe it or not, there are more. Lol<br /> If you have questions about something, there is a facebook group for it, almost guaranteed. <span style="font-family: "segoe ui symbol";"><img alt="😉" data-goomoji="1f609" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f609" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span>That is one thing that we have a lot of, questions..<br /> With Axel's situation, the clear answers are few and far between.<br /> Having parents, caregivers and professionals at our fingertips gives us more information (facts and helpful ideas) than we could ever hope to find, otherwise.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I do my best to offer any help that I can and I ask others, often.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Last week, I ran into the post of a mom looking for different therapeutic ways to improve neck strength and head control, for her baby. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As her guy has Dandy-Walker, like Axel, I was pretty sure that I could give her some ideas on things that could help. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Every single case of Dandy-Walker (DW, DWM, DWV) is different, but many of our kids have tone issues, as a result.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you have been following along with me, you know that Axel has been working hard on head control his whole life (He's 2). He's making great improvements, but it is not a short journey. - <b>However, there are many conditions that can affect muscle tone.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Axel has been in therapy since he was 4 months old. Last year, he had over 300 therapy sessions. I have been shown countless ways to help him get stronger, improve endurance, gain ability and get more comfortable in positions that he is yet to enjoy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It hit me as I was detailing some ideas out for that mom on Facebook-</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">this is one mom seeking help for her child. I just bet there are others out there seeking the answer for this same question. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With all of the information on the internet, sometimes things can be hard or impossible to find. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It's my goal to make the information accessible within a single post (maybe?), with easy search tags and as much helpful information, as possible. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Then, these ideas can be more accessible to the people who need it most! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>I am not a doctor, nor do I have any special training related to the topic. However, while living life and learning (sometimes difficult) lessons, I try to pass on whatever help that I can.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I'm going to do my best to describe positions. If I am able to get pictures of those, I will post them asap. If pictures would help you, please let me know which ones and I will do my best ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>1. </i></b></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i><u>Pretty much everything that I list here needs complete adult supervision, most of it being hands on.</u></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>2.</i></b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>Keep all of the best toys for work-time. We reserve the exciting light-up toys that you have to look down on to see/use well, for sitting/standing, only.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>3. Keep in mind what you want baby to be doing with each position and try to have toys available to help facilitate that. For instance, if you want baby to use eyes only, a toy that needs buttons pressed to light up won't be a good choice. However, if baby is mastering the tough parts of a position, adding a toy that requires more brain power could help baby learn how to do complicated things while in these positions. You will find that as they get more confident in these positions, playing with a toy will be easy and the position will take much less thinking and focus than it did originally! Yay!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>4. Consider any "equipment" that baby may already have, to help. Feet braces (AFO's and the alike), support vests or anything that may make it easier. (Another set of hands never hurts, either!)</i></b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>However, I found that sometimes the less extra stuff on Axel, the better. He rarely uses his support vest while we work on certain things. I found that he will actually focus more on himself and less on what his body is doing, if he has it on. At this stage, it's best to keep the focus on the hard parts.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>What is the purpose of an</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">AFO?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>An ankle-foot orthosis, or AFO, is a support intended to control the position and motion of the ankle, compensate for weakness, or correct deformities. AFOs can be used to support weak limbs, or to position a limb with contracted muscles into a more normal position.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>Foot placement is one of the most important aspects of standing. If your child has AFO's, that means that their feet need extra stability and help to stay flat, as opposed to pointing downward or to either side, etc. Repeatedly standing a child that uses AFO's on bare feet could have a drastic impact, for life. Not only could baby's feet suffer, their legs, hips and back could, as well.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>If standing, try to have at least a hand worth of distance between their feet (they generally line up with hips). This keeps the hips in a nice aligned position. If the feet are too close together, the hips don't "sit" as good together. BUT - If they are too far away from each other, it is harder to stand on them. Over time, it could cause more severe difficulties.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Google says; When babies start pulling to stand, the alignment of their hips is still slightly flexed and rotated in with their legs bowed. <b>Their feet are placed far apart from one another to increase their base of support due to decreased standing balance.</b> <wbr></wbr>They are flat-footed and bear weight through the entire bottom of the foot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><br /><a href="https://complexchild.org/articles/2013-articles/november/afo-tips/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Complex Child- AFO Tips - Detailed Information</u></span></span></a></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4519225/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Detailed Scientific Reasoning</u></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><i><u>Note: I refer to this more with the use of **.</u></i></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>{</i></b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><i>**</i></b></span><b><i> Using both hands, hold top of baby's shoulders, with thumbs extended on baby's back near their neck- this adds additional support vs thumb in with hands at the outside of shoulders = less support. Finger position on front helps a lot, as well, splayed fingers for more support, touching across front of the neck, if necessary. </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i>Or closed fingers closer to the edge for less support.) - this gives baby freedom to move his head however he can, so extra care is necessary until they don't fling too hard or too fast..</i></b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><i>**</i></b></span><b><i>}</i></b></span></span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Sit baby between your legs using whatever back support they require </b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>(closer to your body for more support and further out for less and less </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>back support- to where your hands in the (above) </b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>**</b></span><b> position is enough, </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>even if he's reliant on those hands to stay up. Think of when a baby sits, </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>kind of poured over their lower body.. Severe bad posture, is the best </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>way </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>I can describe it, I guess, lol..</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Depending on how his sitting is going, a </b><b><i>portable highchair </i></b><b>(that straps </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>onto a regular chair) could be a good option. In my opinion, those are </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>smaller and offer less support, forcing the little one to rise to the </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>occasion </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>and try to do it on their own.</b><b> - But not if he sits almost </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>board-like and stiff, </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>in it. We put ours away again, after giving it a try. </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>If baby sits okay in it- </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>use of a pillow or small rolled blanket on the </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>sides, could be enough to </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>make it work and keep them from tipping </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>back and forth.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>You can roll a blanket nice and firm, and put him on his belly with it </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>under </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>his armpits- and show really exciting things (at eye level)- </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>just high </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>enough that his chin could get parallel with the floor. Even if </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>he tries, its </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>awesome exercise!</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Log sitting, put baby on your thigh (closer to u for more back support, </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>further away</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>for less back support) </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 12pt;"><b>**</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>hands as described in #1, with </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>baby's feet planted on each side of your thigh.</b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>(from almost any sitting position) Axel will stretch to stand- leaning </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>on </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>me, then sit back down. Recently, he began to do this constantly </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>and will </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>push himself harder than anyone else would. In the space of </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>15 minutes, </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>he did 20 repetitions (that is a lot for ANYONE! His desire </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>made all of the </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>difference. If it was MY idea for him to stand, he </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>w</b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>ouldn't be quite so </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>cooperative. lol) but he is stronger than you might </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>think. When he's </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>done, he literally pushes himself to the floor, giving </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>you no choice but </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>to follow. He is </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>very confident moving everywhere </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>on his back, so the </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>floor is his territory. </b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>{Side note; While Axel uses AFO's, his feet are not an extreme case. </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Discuss with your therapist if there is any tolerance for standing with </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>out </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>AFO's on.}</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>I sit (leaned back) indian style in our chair and sit him on my pelvis or </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>m</b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>id to low stomach, with my hands in the </b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>**</b></span><b> above position. As he </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>gets </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>stronger, start rocking gently to add the extra work of </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>head control while </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>gravity works against us.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>We began sitting Axel against the couch and i put my hand on his chest </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>firmly, so he doesn't tip over. An extra set of hands helped to show him </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>books and he sat for 10-15 minutes.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>When Axel was younger, basically birth to about 1.5 years, he threw his </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>h</i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>ead around like crazy. I called it his wrecking ball. Lol. It could wreck </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>you quick and leave you seeing stars. But he loves hanging upside </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>down </i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>(crazy, i think!) and shaking his head and wiggling like a loon, </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>so do give </i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>some freedom. They are just discovering all of the</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>wonderfulness their </i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>little bodies can do </i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui symbol"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>♡</i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>. </i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>Just beware of allowing too much freedom, too early.</i></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>In most of my suggestions you need to find his comfy spot. </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>If he's very new to sitting- sit him on your lap facing outward and </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>allow </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>him to lean on you and use your chest to hold his head, but giving </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>him </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>the ability to look side to side without all of the heavy head work.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>That alone is good exercises for a little guy. He's still holding it up, he </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>just has a crutch (your chest) and a little less gravity pushing him </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>downward. This also allows him to experiment with turning his head, </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>without losing so much control. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>You may just see a lit bulb go on, as they realize they can do it!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>of </b></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>those exercises in, as well. </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>In my opinion, the beginning of standing is easiest if you have complete </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>In these early days, it can be fun to just allow them to raise and lower </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>their feet, as they test the floor beneath them. Almost like a bouncer </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>seat. </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>As they progress in that position, let them stand on the floor, </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>with your </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>complete under arm support, also letting him lean against </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>you as </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>necessary. I would then find ways to help "prop" him </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>(against a couch, </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>chair, table, toys, your leg, anything that can help </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>free up an extra </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>hand for you). While standing there, offer toys that </b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>can be played with. </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Help him to see that with the upright posture, </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Axel is almost 26 months old, so my suggestions may or may not work for you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It really depends though, of course, on many things. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He has Dandy-walker, hydrocephalus -shunted, rare deafness, hypo belly tone </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and hyper arm and leg tone. His dandy walker stole all of his motor skills and </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">he's </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">been working really hard for 2 years to learn everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your guy or gal may easily accomplish the exercises I mentioned and need more, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whatever the case is, just working with your baby will to teach them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even if it takes weeks or months to accomplish a goal, work towards that goal </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">you are sure to see results! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes, we need to remember to keep our goals in <strong>clear perspective</strong>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Don't shoot for the moon right out of the gate. Set that BIG goal, for sure, but </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in t</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">he mean time,<strong><em> set small goals that will be more easily accomplished</em></strong>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If they are too lofty, you and your baby will feel frustrated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Instead, celebrate every (little and big) thing that you can!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some people get to celebrate those awesome 1st steps and others get to </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">celebrate </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">every small step it took to get there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Take your time while exercising. Give yourself and baby time to adjust to your </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">requests. Rushing through steps could lead to confusion and disorientation. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Keep </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">it calm and as fun as possible. You Definitely want him to enjoy it so he </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">will </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">want to do it again and again!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most of all, pour your LOVE and TIME into that baby and get ready to be amazed!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you have any questions, please ask, if I don't know it, I have </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">tons of</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> resources to help you figure it out.<br /><br /> If ANY of this information seems confusing, please let me know!<br /> I re-read everything more than a few times, but by then it all kind of blends </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My goal is to help YOU, so please, let me. ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know we did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>A</strong><strong>round our house, a</strong><strong>s Thanksgiving approaches, we get geared up for Axel's birthday!</strong> (On November 26th!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It makes this time of the year even more special (and incredibly busy!!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fact that Axel has THIS birthday, is kind of a work of God (for lots of reasons, of course, haha). </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This time of the year is really difficult for me.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">20 years ago, on December 26th (1999) my beloved niece, Becca, passed away when she was 3.5 years old.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She was my moon and stars and it broke my heart in ways that can never be mended..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fast-forward to 2005. My dad passed away very suddenly, just a couple of weeks before I was to cook my first Thanksgiving dinner, by myself. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That meal was quickly cancelled.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Missing my dad is something that hits me, often, still. He was with us until I was 23 years old, I often think of how unfair it is, that he couldn't stay longer. </span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These days, I am very happy to contribute to the Big Meal, but I have never reattempted it myself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Even thinking about those huge life events, has my eyes clouding up. Even after all of these years. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm thankful that he was here as long as he was but there will always be great sadness when I think that my children never got to know their grandpa.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So back to the reason THIS day is perfect!</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With holidays a bit bleak and blue, God gave me the one thing that I could have NO CHOICE but to be happy about! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How could I possibly mope around and be sad with my warrior looking on!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Definitely not!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">God knew that with the sadness at this time of year, I needed my warrior to help me through it and give me the joy to persevere ♡</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">God planted Axel's birthday right between the 2 dates that affected me more than most other life events. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His plan is always good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And though I have woes (who doesn't, right!?) it is easy for me to push them away and look to the love shining in my boys' eyes. <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought I would do some pictures and give an update.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been awhile and Axel has been working SOO hard!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pictures First!! <3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning with a couple of early favorites, then much more recent pictures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Above; This pictures has always made me think of him as my little budda ♡</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He has to wear his AFO braces and shoes- side note, these are Billy shoes and half of the shoe unzips for easy on/off. We LOVE them!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His therapy seat is a Big favorite! It allows him to sit up by himself and investigate toys from the vantage point that's easiest- above. We just have to hold the table on very firmly or he will bust right out. Lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel sporting his poncho! I made a cute little elf hat from the lining fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All 5 of us went to the neat aquarium close to home (SeaLife Aquarium at Great Lakes Crossing mall) It was a lot of fun and we got to see so many cool things!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Afterward, we met some family at the Rainforest Cafe (across the isle♡) and enjoyed a wonderful dinner together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plus, Axel was happily passed around for cuddles often, so he wasn't complaining. Lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He loved putting his hands on the tanks and looking. Some of them were fish bowl shaped and they were a lot of fun! He had several fish checking him out, too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't even know where to start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel is now able to hold his head up without support for <em>over 40 seconds</em>! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gone are the wrecking ball days of him swinging it without restraint or care (mostly, lol).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, he enjoys looking around and can easily lower his head back to resting, with out crashing. He will even go onto his tummy sometimes and lift his head way up. THAT is the best exercise for him! It's even better because he is choosing to do it and not being forced or molded into it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For months now, he has been scooting everywhere on his back! He resembles an upside down inchworm. It is <em>the</em> cutest! He has been directing himself like a pro, turning this way or that, to get to his goal. Almost as if he has already taken drivers' training!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He loves knocking towers down. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every once in a while, I would build a tower and see what his reaction was. Usually it was nothing at all. THEN, a few weeks ago, <em>I built a tower</em>. This little boy scrambled over as fast as his back could carry him and knocked that puppy over! <em>He was so smiley about it and proud of himself!</em> Needless to say, we built about 100 towers that day. Now, I build towers for him almost every day. Over time, he will learn how to stack them by himself. For now, he watches me stack them and tries to knock it over as soon as he reaches it - ready or not. =D </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(He did stack 1 block on top of another block {and THAT is huge news}, but he hasn't done it again, so that will emerge when he is ready.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He has been using a gait trainer, too (pictures above). Each week, toward the end of PT, he gets to practice walking! The gait trainer is a mix between a wheelchair (with a bike seat and lots of buckles) and a walker. It holds him up and allows him to use his feet to move it. He is able to go backward easily (backwards is easier than frontwards). He also began to grab the wheels and can now move himself a bit that way, too! His hands move the wheels and its helping to teach his feet that they have to move to keep up. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It took me a few days to write this post up and on <b>Wednesday at therapy, he totally rocked the gait trainer</b>!!! He went across a big room (frontwards and backwards) at least 6-8 times! His hand encountered an object, which has never happened before and he took himself back to it and held on for a few minutes, checking it out. His progress in the trainer is astounding! I know very well that my guy is capable of a great many things. But to be able to problem solve as he does and sort out how to get what he wants so quickly, is beyond awesome!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> There is a long way to go, but Axel is leading the way, while we proudly follow ♡</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>-You should know, though, that my definition of "So quickly" has a large range.. for example- his progress in the gait trainer is over the course of about 3 months. But we expected that he would need a lot of extra time, as he does with everything else. For us, quickly can mean a lot. But even if my definition is a little stretched compared to most, the meaning is very significant. </i>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are still working hard on ASL and hand signs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He recognizes a couple of sings and we are working hard to expand his vocabulary, but as expected it is slow going. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have an incredibly long way to go, to be able to communicate in ASL (American Sign Language) but I am getting stronger with it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel and I work a lot on 2 songs. Wheels on the Bus (which is a lot of fun and is only better when we see a bus, so we can talk about the song. He has no idea what wheels, people, windows ect. are, so when we see a bus, I sign that to him, while pointing and talking about all of the cool features of a bus).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's also the ABC song and that is his favorite. He watches my fingers and smiles, then signs that he wants "more"! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel is still in physical therapy (PT) twice per week, occupational therapy (OT) once a week and speech therapy 3 times, per week. His teacher of the deaf also comes several times a month (sometimes as many as 5 times, per month). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In January, he will begin an additional session in PT, 2 in OT and hopefully communication training with a Augmented and Alternative Communication (AAC) device specialist. -This is when they teach him how to understand and use a computer to communicate, ie. using pictures to select his wants/needs. We do that now, with actual pictures, but he's still learning what to do with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His doctor appointments have slowed WAY down, too, and he is able to enjoy more time being a toddler ♡</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He hasn't had to be inpatient at the hospital for sickness in just over 1 year, as well! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If my "progress report" didn't quite get it across- Axel is doing fabulously! We are constantly in awe of him and he is spoiled rotten 😉</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed the peek at Axel's progress! </span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana="">I hope you are</span> staying warm! Michigan went straight from hot to cold! It's 25* today, Brr!</span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">Last summer, I began to worry about what this winter would be like, for Axel. </span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">He has been in a toddler car seat for awhile now. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana="">Gone are the days of putting a blanket over his infant seat to keep him warm, while running into an appointment..</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">I was already worried about how we could keep him warm as a big boy. (It feels a little silly to worry about that while it was 80+ degrees outside, but the cold sneaks right up on us and I could not let it catch us by surprise).</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">In and out of the car as often as he is, he needed something great.</span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><strong><u><span style="color: blue;">Did you know that kids in <em>infant or toddler seats shouldn't wear a coat?</em></span></u></strong> </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/car-seats/the-dangers-of-winter-coats-and-car-seats/" target="_blank">Consumer Reports- Dangers of Winter Coats and Car Seats!</a></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><em>The link above takes you to the Consumer reports website and tells you exactly how to make sure your baby's coat isn't too big for the car seat.</em> </span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">It isn't feasible to put a coat on and off while putting him into the seat. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana="">It defeats the whole purpose. </span><br />
It takes a few minutes to get him and all of his stuff into the car. That means his door is open for a couple of minutes and the trunk has to be open for a minute or 2, too. Plus all of the time it takes us walking to and from the parking lot or structure.</div>
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When it is 15 degrees outside, even a little wind is too much!</div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><strong><em>Friends, that could very well be my favorite question!</em></strong></span><br />
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<span verdana=""><em>What do I need to accomplish with the item;</em></span><br />
<span verdana=""><em>How do I want it to look, fit, drape;</em></span><br />
<span verdana=""><em>What could be added to make it better, easier, more functional;</em></span><br />
<span verdana=""><em>Is it functional as intended (better or worse);</em></span><br />
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<span verdana=""><em>With these questions I can accomplish quite a bit.</em></span><br />
<span verdana=""><em>Using a notepad, I start to make notes and then draw (bad) sketches of my desired outcome. Sometimes, I am off and running by the end of that stage, but other times I need to get more detailed, so I can start to see it in my head. Width and length measurments, as well as many other informations can make a huge impact on any project. So checking those things over more than a few times, is very necessary.</em></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""> Fleece was definitely the fabric of choice. ✓</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">A blanket made sense- but would be too unwieldy and difficult, trying to wrap and unwrap him as he's being held.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">I could make it exactly as he needed it. </span><br />
<span verdana="">There isn't a coat/jacket or blanket anywhere that I can find, that is This custom and made to fit!</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">All of my favorite projects began as a thought rolling around in my head, adding and changing things as I go.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">His head hole is custom fit for his head.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">It HAD to have arm holes because there was no way he would be ok with no hands (unless it's freezing and mama says no way)!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana="">But I didn't want him to have the freedom of free arms all of the time.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">I also added a set of snapping straps to the bottom of each side. They keep it from flapping in the wind and also from dragging on the ground or touching the wheels. It can just be snapped around the chair or stroller! 😍</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">I finished it off with a zigzag stitch, to give it that blanket like edging and I really like that touch.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">I am working on mine and a couple others, already. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana="">As soon as I'm finished testing my pattern, they will be in my Etsy shop!</span><span sans-serif="" verdana=""> </span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span verdana="">Not only do I make them for car seats/strollers/wheelchairs, I make them standard to fit kids and adults without extra equipment, as well! </span></span><br />
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<span verdana="">If you aren't a fan on the over the head poncho style, a similar blanket could be just the thing for you!</span><br />
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<span verdana="">I'm really excited and can't wait to spread the warmth!</span><br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Are your loved ones "covered" for the winter?!</span></em></strong><br />
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<span verdana="">I just BET I could get some Awareness On there, too! <3</span><br />
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<span verdana=""><span verdana="">I really hope you like my poncho!</span><br />
<span verdana="">Doesn't it just make you want to curl up and get cozy!?</span></span><br />
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AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-23778120461939784842019-10-28T16:22:00.000-04:002019-10-28T16:22:08.130-04:00HindBrain Study at U Of W a MUST for candidates!<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ever since we discovered the rough road that Axel would have to endure, when I was 22 weeks pregnant,<em> I have been researching</em>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "verdana";">Scouring the internet, Facebook, Google, blogs, non profit sites and private companies, professionals and otherwise. Reading post after post of other peoples research and experiences, posting questions and seeing glimpses into other peoples' lives, l</span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "verdana";">ooking for every piece of information that could help our guy. Experience speaks for a lot when it comes to rare conditions. There isn't much information to be found, so us banding together to help one another is more important than ever!</span></span></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I have come across countless ways to help and care for him, thankfully.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: black;">About a year ago, I ran across an awesome</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hi<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ndbrain study</span></span></span></span></span></span> at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The reason this was so interesting to me is that Axel's <em><strong>Dandy-Walker is a Hindbrain Malformation</strong></em>. With that (along with other things) he has PTCD -Pontine Tegmental Cap Dysplasia-. Their research focuses on those things, as well as several others.. <br />
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<span class="e24Kjd"><b>{<a href="https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/10919/pontine-tegmental-cap-dysplasia" target="_blank">Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia</a></b> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(PTCD) is a non-progressive neurological <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">disorder characterized by significant <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="113" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="0" term="Developmental delay">developmental delay</glossary>, </span></span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/brain-spinal-cord-and-nerve-disorders/cranial-nerve-disorders/overview-of-the-cranial-nerves" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cranial nerve</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> dysfunction, and malformation of the </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/brain-nervous-system.html#" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hindbrain</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.Patients present with a variety of medical and developmental problems. Not all patients will have the same issues and the severity of symptoms may differ. The following features have been found in studies of patients with PTCD: <a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.marchofdimes.com/baby/birthdefects_hearing.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hearing impairment</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, feeding and swallowing difficulties that often lead to </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pneumonia.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pneumonia</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="252" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="0" term="Intellectual disability">intellectual disability</glossary> that ranges from mild to severe, </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001430.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">speech and language disorders</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="1094" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="236" term="Hypotonic">hypotonia</glossary>, <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="29" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="0" term="Ataxia">ataxia</glossary>, </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003028.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">facial paralysis</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, reduced vision, and behavioral problems. Individuals with PTCD may also have abnormalities of the heart, </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/digestivediseases.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">gastrointestinal tract</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">, <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="934" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="196" term="Genitourinary syndrome">genitourinary system</glossary> and skeleton. </span></span>Some patients have a good long-term <glossary class="glossarizer_replaced" glossaryid="395" group="current_glossary_definition" parent="0" term="Prognosis">prognosis</glossary> with normal intelligence and partial speech. The cause of PTCD has not been identified. Treatment is focused on managing the underlying symptoms and may include interventions such as </span><a class="external-link1 confirmation" href="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/cochlear-implants" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cochlear implantation</span></a><strong>}</strong><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><em>(Axel has most of the above listed components, so this study is like an answer to prayers <3)</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> We are committed to identifying genetic causes of hindbrain malformations and neurodevelopmental disorders, learning more about the natural history (what happens as individuals get older, how are individuals similar or different), and pinpointing the cellular mechanisms involved. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dr. Dan Doherty is the principal investigator of our lab and is also a <strong><em>neurodevelopmental pediatrician</em></strong>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;"><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/joubert/participate.php" target="_blank">If you or someone you know would like to participate, you can see the "How To" Here!</a> <span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: small;">They send out a simple saliva sample kit and you send it back, it is THAT easy!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We invite individuals with hindbrain malformations or other neurodevelopmental disorders to participate in our research studies. We are particularly interested in <strong>Joubert syndrome (JS), rhombencephalosynapsis, Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome, pontine tegmental cap dysplasia, and Chudley-McCullough syndrome</strong>. <strong> A variety of labels are used for Joubert syndrome-related conditions, including Meckel syndrome, COACH syndrome, Senior-Løken syndrome, Oral-Facial-Digital syndrome type 6 (Varadi-Papp syndrome), Cogan syndrome, Dekaban-Arima syndrome, JS with nephronophthisis and/or retinal dystrophy, and JS with Leber congenital amaurosis.</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A little about Dr. Dan Doherty and his team;</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dr. Doherty's research interests focus on hindbrain malformations as a way to understand human brain development and common disorders such as intellectual disability, autism, ataxic cerebral palsy and even mental health disorders such as schizophrenia. The hindbrain regulates basic functions (level of consciousness, heart rate, respiratory rate), coordinates balance, limb and eye movements, as well as having possible roles in cognition and emotional regulation.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His group uses a variety of genetic techniques (SNP mapping, array CGH, and high throughput sequencing) to identify the genes responsible for hindbrain malformation disorders such as Joubert syndrome. <strong>Identifying the genes responsible for a disorder immediately translates into molecular diagnostic testing, and detailed work on genotype-phenotype correlations improves diagnostic, prognostic and medical management information for patients.</strong> In addition, Dr. Doherty's group and his collaborators use the disease genes to dissect the molecular mechanisms of normal and abnormal brain development in vitro and in animal models. The human hindbrain is a fascinating system in which to study the role of basic developmental processes (spatially restricted gene expression to define positional information, organizing centers, morphogenetic movements, cell-cell and long-range signaling, cell migration and axon guidance) in human disease. Dr. Doherty's clinical interests complement the research interests of his group. He cares for children with all types of central nervous system abnormalities including Joubert syndrome, other hindbrain malformations, agenesis of the corpus callosum, cortical malformations, hydrocephalus, spina bifida, intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. He also provides prenatal counseling to women carrying fetuses with abnormal CNS imaging findings to provide a pediatric perspective on these conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Dr. Dan and his team seem like JUST the people that I want investigating my son's conditions!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>I think it is really important to get word out about this study!</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana";">Dr. Phillip Chance started the research program in the mid-1990s at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Utah with a focus on Joubert syndrome. He moved to the University of Washington in 1998, and more investigators joined the lab, including Dr. Dan Doherty in the early 2000s. The research group then expanded to studying other cerebellar malformations and neurodevelopmental disorders such as PTCD and rhombencephalosynapsis.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wow, we are really thankful that it's still happening!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I thought it was only for research purposes but they have actually "solved" some cases that didn't have a diagnoses. The picture below shows their "solved" rate!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">If there is <em>any</em> additional information that could be learned, it is worth it!</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/joubert/contact.html" target="_blank">You can Contact Them Here, if you have any questions!</a></span></u><br />
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<u><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/University-of-Washington-Hindbrain-Malformation-Research-Program-243098579098322/" target="_blank">You can also follow them (UW School) on Facebook, Here!</a></span></u><br />
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<a href="https://www.rareconnect.org/en/community/pontine-tegmental-cap-dysplasia" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">RareConnect</span></a> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">has an online community for patients and families with this condition, so they can connect with others and share their experiences living with a rare disease. The project is a joint collaboration between EURORDIS (European Rare Disease Organisation) and NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope you or someone that you love can benefit from this study!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ours is on it's way to them, soon,and I will keep you all posted on how it goes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>Please share this study/post with everyone that you know.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong>You never know who could benefit or what the outcome might be.</strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://depts.washington.edu/givemed/give/?page=make&source=brainm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you would like to donate to keep the study going, you can do so Here!</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>As always,</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you or someone you know could benefit from this study, there is a chance they may also be interested in helping to "Upgrade Our World!" with my Call to action on <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/10/facilities-unequiped-for-most-needy.html" target="_blank">Startling Reality on Awareness: Part 3 ~ Facilities Unequiped For The Most Needy- Call To Action </a></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The ability
(or inability) to take care of our challenged children (and adults), while
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<strong><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">{I am apart of multiple
Facebook groups for special needs (</span><a href="https://tinysuperheroes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">TinySuperHeroes</span></a><span style="color: #444444;">, Dandy Walker
and Hydrocephalus groups among others). These groups are amazing and
I love the help and support that I get from the other members. Brainstorming
ideas to help each other, is a big benefit. I will post details on my
favorite group, TinySuperHeroes, at the bottom of this post}</span></span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In these groups I began to see
the idea of "adult changing tables". </span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My guy is still little (not quite 2
and JUST hit 25lbs.), but even so, it is something that I began to pay
attention to. </span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before we know it he will be much
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The vast majority of hospitals, it
seems, are only equipped with a standard changing station (like Koala) but
there are some that are already making this awesome change to adult sized
changing stations and more that are moving towards it. </span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why, all of a
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has hypo tone in his stomach and hyper tone in his arms and legs (basically,
his arms and legs are strong, built like Popeye and his tummy is not, like
Olive Oil). Add deafness and global delay and some things can get a little
tricky.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had appointments at U of M Mott's
children's hospital, recently. Literally, as soon as my foot hit the
doorway, I smelled the fact that Axel's ostomy bag had ruptured.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you can smell it, <em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">something isn't right</span></em>! ha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1) The Koala changing stations are
great but wholly inadequate to change my son's bag. They are 3+ feet off
the ground, too small and the "belt" goes directly across his
colostomy- which makes it impossible to clean and replace a new bag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then the fact that more than a few
supplies are needed to change him- with no where available to set them and
usually about 10 minutes needed to complete the process.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To add more difficulties, our
little guy may not sit up or walk, but I am here to tell you that this kid
can MOVE! He spins himself in circles on ANY doctors' table he comes into
contact with. On his back, he pushes himself as far as he is allowed, toward
the edge. Every single time. I have to hold his ankle in a vise grip to ensure
his safety. So frankly, those Koala changers just make me nervous. 10 minutes
on one of these could cost much more than my sanity. A fall from one would have
devastating consequences. While I take very good care not to take my eyes off
my guy, accidents happen all the time and it scares the life out of me, to
think of it.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2) Change it on a patient bed. This
seems like a great option, but mostly, those beds are in the middle of the
room and there isn't a wall to "trap" him against. By myself,
changing his bag (which already requires 4 hands when I only have
two) without any form of security, is a no go. I need both hands to work
on the bag and wouldn't be able to keep him near me, while doing so. (At home,
the worst he can do is scoot away and we pull him back, but this is a whole different
situation). <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A sweet nurse offered to help me hold
him down on the patient bed. While I really appreciate her offer, I
recognized right away that would not help the situation. Instead, it would
infuriate my little guy and cause him to cry and flail around, as he tried to
beak away. Stillness is mandatory while changing his bag, so that option was
completely out of the question.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Honestly, it would take A LOT for me
to consider this. My guy is a floor crawler (on his back, always) and I don't
even want to think about what he would touch. Whether its on the clinic floor
or a bathroom floor. You really have to sit back and think about the what ifs
before deciding on this option. All we can do is make the best decision at that
time, and pray it's the right one.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> If he had feces all over, I
would have HAD to figure something out. There are certain times when it
absolutely cannot be delayed. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4) The "trunk" of my
Escape. This could be an option if there were fair temperatures outside,
but it was chilly inside of the parking structure and winter like days are not
far away. This is a struggle that does not go away, regardless of the weather ;)<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5) We live over an hour away, so
that's about 2.5 hours of driving, plus the time it takes to be seen and sent
on our way, so just about 4 hours, before we would be home again. Most of the
time that is WAY too long for us to want him sitting in such an unpleasant
situation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6) Contact the main hospital number
and ask them if they have adult changing stations ANYwhere in the hospital. No,
Gotcha, that was fun..... Honestly, the operator tried her best to help me. She
called more than a couple of different areas where that could be a possibility,
but was told they could only offer a "family bathroom".
Unfortunately, those bathrooms also only contain the Koala changing
station that I mentioned as option #1.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In this case, we were lucky that his
bag only had a small leak and it hadn't escaped the contraption yet, so I
opted to wait. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, when we got
home, since I made that decision to wait, his stoma was suffering. It was
bleeding and looked very sore and unhappy. :( </span></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His stoma will be fine.
After some TLC and extra bag changes to re-add the magical powder that makes it
all better.. But it'll take a little while before mr. stoma is happy again :(
....and extra costly supplies that insurance does not pay for..</span></em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Through insurance Axel
gets 1 bag, 1 wafer, 1 remover wipe, 1 barrier wipe and 1 half-moon tape,
per day- just for his stoma. He also gets
other "diaper" supplies for his vesicostomy and feeding supplies
for his g-tube (<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/g-tube.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">gastrostomy [feeding] tube</span></a>)</span></strong> We
have to supplement everything to ensure that he is provided for each month.
This life is not cheap.. With all of the things that our guy needs, it seems
like an unending list that we could never hope to afford or provide.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What that means to me is... I
cannot allow that situation to happen again. </span></strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will go through my options and we
will have to figure something out that isn't waiting until we get
home. Fortunately, staff is usually very helpful. It does really help to
know that the people that care for our loved ones (for the most part) really
care and want to make things easier, if they can. There just was not a perfect
answer to our problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Should I have figured out
other options? <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What if I did this or that.. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We hate for our guy to suffer because of
something that was avoidable but <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hind sight is 20/20, my friends and
it's hard to beat yourself up over things that you felt could not be
done differently. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At least not with how things are right
Now..</span></b></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After I am through with this thing, I
will have contacted the hospitals and doctors offices that we
frequent (and some we don't!) and will let them know of the struggles that most
people keep under their hat, so as not to draw attention to themselves. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The <em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sadness and powerlessness</span></b></em>
that a parent feels when they take their child to appointments,
only to constantly be told that the equipment is not available
to meet the needs of the very patients their providing care for
daily, is <em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">unimaginable</span></em>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I'm doing this for my amazing
little guy. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For newly found friends in this
special needs world. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For people I haven't met yet and
people whom I never will.</span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I feel that pain. Your pain. I may be
on the caregiver side of this issue, but I see how my son struggles and fear
how he will suffer in the future.</em> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We need to get the world up to speed,
folks. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the past these things weren't
available or even thought of.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THIS isn't the past anymore. </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>In THIS present, THIS Era, things have
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The equipment exists that can change
the ability and feelings of thousands of people (maybe millions??). Give them that <em>sigh</em> <em>of relief</em> when they
realize they will not have to struggle today, to care for their loved one,
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<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I mentioned that I will be
sending letters/emails and making phone calls to various hospitals, letting
them know of the huge benefits of adding adult changers to their facilities.</span></em></span><br />
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</span><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Could
YOU do the same?!</span></em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If we all team up, we can
make a real difference in the lives of those who would really value this
change. While I love the idea of being able to use them, I can't help but
think of all of the other people that would benefit.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">More people than we realize,
need additional accommodations to care for themselves. I can't imagine
how reassured they would feel to know the "where" isn't an
issue. </span></em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Will you stand up
and fight for those who can't and for those who fight for them??</span></div>
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<em><u><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;">We can make a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">We can't be Aware of
what we Don't Know!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Get Your Awareness
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Do you feel strongly
about something? Drop me a line and let's see if we can get some Awareness on!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyScrapSpot?" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">I also embroider custom awareness shirts
and accessories!</span></a> <span style="color: red;">What</span> <span style="color: blue;">are</span> <span style="color: magenta;">YOUR</span> <span style="color: #444444;">Awareness</span> <span style="color: purple;">colors</span><span style="color: lime;">!?</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://tinysuperheroes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">TinySuperHeroes</span></a> </span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is an awesome non-profit that I
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<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They have a web site and also
have a facebook group for all of the special needs parents. The support they
offer for us parents is crucial and helps most of us get through the rough
times. </span></b></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You should check them out at the link,
if you know any special humans that could benefit. </span></b></em><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You nominate them for a cape, share
the link and attempt to get donations for the cape. However, even if you are
not able to collect even $1, your hero will get a cape! These capes are just as
crucial for our super kids as the group support is to us parents. It
bolsters their confidence and helps them get through difficult things like
doctor appointments, surgery, treatments and just being different. <u1:p></u1:p>The
"Patches Program" that they recently began teaches our kids some
awesome lessons about themselves and other people, too. </span></b></em></div>
<em><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It really is a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I Sincerly hope that you will join me in pushing the world into a future where we can all flourish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Would you mind leaving a comment or dropping me a quick email, if you have joined my call? I would really love to see how far this goes!</em></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">More than ever, please share this post any way that you would like. We need to see this change, quick!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-72856790124145146822019-09-27T15:40:00.000-04:002019-09-27T15:40:22.483-04:00Startling Reality on Awareness: Part 2 ~ Future Suffers For Our Deficiency <div dir="auto">
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">That sounds a little dramatic, right..</span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I genuinely feel that is the truth, though.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><i><b>If you missed part 1 of this series, </b></i></span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><i><b><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/08/StartlingAwareness-part-1.html" target="_blank">you can find it here - Startling Reality on Awareness: Part 1 ~ The What !</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every day that we are not making people (namely our children) aware of the differences in society (and how to react, treat and think about those differences) is <em>another day that our world lives in the dark.</em></span></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em>The dark that offers no comfort, support or love for those who need it, probably needing those things more than most..</em></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">If we do not <strong>guide our peers and children in good morals, respect, empathy, compassion and manners,</strong> there is no hope that our future world will be a place fit for the special people in our lives. Those that suffer from difficulties that I can not even imagine. <em><u>Visible and invisible</u></em>. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">(I can imagine a lot, these days. I feel like there is very little that I can't imagine, medically- of course I am wrong, I know, but having my special needs little guy has put a lot of things into perspective for me and pretty much everybody who knows him. -I have told his story in previous posts but later in this series I will explain further, exactly what my statement means.)</span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""> I guess my concern comes down to the fact that <em><u>cancer gets a lot of attention</u></em>. There are <em>more than 100 different kinds</em>, so it makes sense that it would affect a lot of people and garner a LOT of awareness!</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Don't get me wrong, please. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""> I am <em>not saying there shouldn't be awareness for cancer</em>. I can't imagine how difficult it is. It is amazing to see people come together from all over, celebrating each other when it's a battle won and offering support for those families who weren't so lucky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em>This actually hits me pretty hard right now.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em> I have been working on this post for a little while and was able to keep a "professional" viewpoint, until I got here.. That I would be writing on this topic, when my aunt has just reached the end of her hard battle, with this very thing, is unexpected and heart wrenching.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em> I can only hope and pray that her transition was painless and that her husband and adult children can take a few loving memories from the end of her journey, with them and remember those instead of her last hardships..</em></span><br />
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<span verdana=""></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span sans-serif="" verdana=""><em>Back to my point..</em></span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><strong>I feel driven to get this out into the world!</strong></em> </span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">There are so many things that people have to deal with and yet only a few "big ones" get any kind of attention. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong>Forget about rare conditions</strong>. They only see a tiny amount of publicity and funding because they're rare and such a small number of people even know that it's an actual "thing", (for instance, our Axel being born without an anus. Yes, we spoke those exact words- That's a Thing?!). </span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">There are foundations for many of them, but not all. </span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Nonprofit foundations are amazing! These people have a true love for helping others and they do whatever they can to create and/or gather as much information as they can, to help anyone that needs it! The unfortunate part is that <i>most of the funds come from donations</i>. While Google says that in 2017, charitable giving reached more than $410 billion, how many charities are we talking, there? </span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">It lists that there are more than 1.5 million nonprofit charities in the world. Those numbers don't look too bad.. But.. something tells me that there are a lot of other charities that are "for-profit" that people might not quite realize. However, Google isn't quite as easy to pin down on that question. </span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">Let's dig into this a little bit. I think I can help you better understand my view on this delicate topic..</span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">Frankly the number of new cases of cancer (cancer incidence) is 439.2 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2011–2015 cases)</span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">When you consider this United Nations estimates the number of men to approximately 3,776,294,273 <wbr></wbr>while women are estimated to be approximately 3,710,295,643, in the world. Approximately, 107 boys are born for every 100 girls born.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Wow, those are some huge numbers!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I'll just use the men's figure, for ease. Just remember to times it by 2 to get nearer to the actual number..</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">8,598,119.92! </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Oops, times that by 2, right. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">17,196,239.85 people, per year, get cancer. That is mind numbing.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">Now, lets take a quick look at something rare. There were many to choose from, but I decided I would use <strong><a href="https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/dandy-walker-malformation" target="_blank">Dandy-Walker malformation</a></strong>. </span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To say that I have a big personal interest in it, is putting it lightly. I've written much about Axel and the effects of Dandy-Walker previously at these links; </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2018/01/happy-new-year-update.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 1</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2017/12/an-updatesorry-its-been-awhile.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 2</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2018/04/baby-axel-oli-some-new-projects-repost.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 3</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2018/06/awareness-walk-in-michigan-axi-update.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 4</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2018/10/time-is-flying.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 5</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2018/11/feeling-thankful.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axel Post # 6</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All (10) of 2019's Posts</span></a></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">The frequency of Dandy Walker Malformation in the US is approximately</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">1 per 25,000 -35,000 live births and affects more females than males.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">If you go back to that big scary number above, of how many people live there are in the world..</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana="">107,894.12</span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Times 2....</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">215,788.24 people are born with Dandy Walker, per year.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">That's quite a huge difference! </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">17.19 million vs 215,000 per year.. That part gets me.. "Per Year"..</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">It is mind boggling to think that these numbers occur annually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What about something <strong><em>ultra rare..</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">With only three diagnosed patients in 27 years, Bibose-5-Phosphate Isomerase Deficiency (RPI) is considered the rarest known genetic disease in the world. There is no treatment or prognosis (meaning the likely course and outcome of the disease is unknown.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With such a low number, I'm sure we could all come up with an approximate number of people aware that such a thing could exist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Admittedly, I didn't know of it until today. Did you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If I went even further, I could times that by possible family and friend guesstimates and <em>almost</em> get a general idea of how many people are AWARE of each of those conditions.. But- I won't even try to go there. I think these numbers make a few things <em>very obvious</em>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>OF COURSE more people are aware of cancer(s), it affects an alarming number of us. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This takes us back to my original point, "guiding our peers and children in good morals, respect, empathy, compassion and manners";</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If something as big as cancer or as ultra rare as RPI can be in our world, think of the alarming number of others. {<a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/08/StartlingAwareness-part-1.html" target="_blank">My 1st awareness Post- Part 1 The What- gives some information on that number</a>.} </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">More importantly, think of the people that are coping with these conditions, rare or not, visible or invisible, mild or severe. Symptoms unknown to passersby.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">People that we see every day, people that we know and strangers that we pass, while going about life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Some of these people would prefer to stay hidden, not letting the world know of their struggles and suffering, just to get through the day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Other people go out and try to help- push and shove some interest into things (whether it's their own health or awareness for conditions) that many people just do not want to hear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">For instance. This Awareness Series..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have a good purpose for putting a lot of effort and time into this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">But, I honestly question how many people will go looking for that startling information above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I think most of us would be happy to bury our head in the sand, than to be so enlightened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Unless of course, a condition takes a hold of you or a loved one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">In those cases.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I think a good portion of us want to <em><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/06/had-to-share-awesomeness.html" target="_blank"><strong>"Get our Awareness On!"</strong></a><strong> </strong>and spread the word <3</em></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to Get Your Awareness On, Too, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyScrapSpot" target="_blank">check out my Etsy</a>!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><u>By the way, it's <span style="color: #bf9000;">Childhood Cancer</span> and <span style="color: blue;">Hydro</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">cephalus</span> Awareness month</u></em></span></strong><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Many prayers sent for all of the warriors dealing with these difficult conditions <3</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dandy-walker --- </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/dandy-walker-malformation/&source=gmail&ust=1567886557936000&usg=AFQjCNH1mltDae9nSMC63HA4JuH2dPRL1w" href="https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/dandy-walker-malformation/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">https://rarediseases.org/rare-<wbr></wbr>diseases/dandy-walker-<wbr></wbr>malformation/</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rare / Orphan Desease info https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_disease</span></div>
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AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-43542723303921388322019-09-16T17:51:00.000-04:002019-09-16T17:51:03.810-04:00Something Special for my Sister<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I thought I would do something a little special for my sister. It's not her birthday or a holiday.. I just want her to know that I love her and how proud I am of her!<br /><br /> <em>Send love to your sisters, today!</em> ♡<br /> <em>I had no idea that there is a sister's day! </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Obviously I missed it since Google.com shows that Sister Day is August 4th!</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Figures...</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>But she didn't know either, so it works out ok. ha-ha</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> My sister, Christi, (or sissy as we like to call each other) is in my top 3 heroes..<br /> It might not sound like it, but that's saying something...and she doesn't take offense. ;)<br /> She is 3 years older than me, so I've pretty much always looked up to her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>She is the mother of my very 1st hero, my niece Becca</em>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My 2nd hero was easily found in our Axel. I was just a few weeks pregnant when we discovered what a warrior Axel already was.<br /><strong><em>We will tell their story as well as others, within my </em></strong><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/08/StartlingAwareness-part-1.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>Awareness Series</em></strong></a><strong><em>, at a later date. I'm looking forward to it and you won't want to miss it ;)</em></strong><br /><br /> Christi has taught me how to be a better mother and person. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At a time when I was too young to understand the model and influence that she was for me. <br /><br /> For the last 24 years, I have watched her work her fingers to the bone as she raised her children, had zero time for her self, <em><strong>began and rocked</strong></em> her own cleaning business and become an integral part of the management of apartments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> A little while ago, she fell in love with Paparazzi Jewelry accessories and became an independent consultant! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She has the best Facebook show, every Wednesday at 8! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlingonwithChristisCuties/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Christi's Cuties Facebook</span></a> page.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Her VIP group is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/375351423285803/" target="_blank">Here!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> Being so focused on accessorizing, it makes a lot of sense that she has found the best makeup to show off her beautiful bling! Every piece of jewelry is $5 and lead & nickel free!</span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/994657677591260/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christi Sparkles with Younique</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On her pages, you will find information about the products, as well as pictures and a whole community of people! Check it out, you will be surprised what fabulous products she has!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /> I am super proud of my sister!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She and I have been through a lot, we are best friends and there is nothing that could ever change that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> She has taught me how to keep going when it would just be so much easier to stand still. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><strong>She is my sister and I love her fiercely</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> She strives every day to take care of those who matter to her and I am beyond blessed that my family and I are among them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Call your sisters ;) ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Take good care my friends & </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">God Bless <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I am doing my first Awareness post, in a series, that
doesn’t surround the </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyScrapSpot" target="_blank"><span sans-serif="" style="background-color: #ffe599; color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Link to the T-Shirts that I began to create for Awareness</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have many different aspects that I would like to cover, which is why I thought a series would work well.</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do my very best to have all of my facts correct but sometimes there is information that is confusing or difficult for me to pin down.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you realize I have incorrect information, please let me know so I can research it more and correct my error. {All Links are highlighted in yellow. Those pertaining to Axel or past posts will be purple and links to reference websites are blue.}</span></em><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Right away, the information that I began to find while
researching, made my <em>jaw hit the desk</em>! As I search, I’m usually compelled to look into various aspects of things, to better understand it. That doesn't mean that I will share every little piece of information with you, but I might, sometimes. If I don't address something that you are curious about, please ask me, I would be happy to dig into it and help in any way that I can :) </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><span style="color: #444444;"><em><u><span style="color: black;"><strong>Helping to raise awareness for my guy and others, is my passion, please ask!</strong></span></u></em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana="">I am sure you can imagine, there is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more than a TON</i> of information on the subject of diseases / conditions. <span sans-serif="" verdana=""></span></span></span></span></span></span><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana="">
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I am <em>not</em> going to do a 300 page book, right now, (lol), but
I am going to touch on some information that I feel should be well known.<em> </em></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I've collected the following information from Google, as well as several different websites pertaining to conditions and even foundations or dictionaries, to verify where necessary.</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I will do my best to provide all of the reference links throughout or at the bottom of the post.</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana";">Ok, then! Here we go!</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><em>Did you know that <strong>over 95% of the world</strong> has health problems?? Over 1/3 of that 95% has<strong> more than 5 ailments</strong>!</em></span><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""></span> </span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are <strong>4 primary types of diseases.</strong> </span></span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <strong> </strong></span><strong>1)
Infectious 2) Deficiency, 3) Hereditary, 4) Physiological<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<strong><em>1)</em></strong> <span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><b>Infectious diseases</b> are disorders caused by organisms — such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Many organisms live in and on our bodies. They're normally harmless or even helpful, but under certain conditions, some organisms may cause disease. Some infectious<strong> </strong>diseases can be passed from person to person.<em> A few Examples- Influenza, Measles, Hepatitis B & C, TB or Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV</em></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>2)</em></strong> <strong>Deficiency disease</strong> is caused by the lack of some essential or important element in the diet, usually a particular vitamin or mineral. <em>Examples- Protein Energy Malnutrition, Scurvy, Rickets, Beri Beri, Hypocalcemia, Osteomalacia, Vitamin K Deficiency, Pellagra, Cheilosis, Menkes Disease, Xerophthalmia, among others.</em></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><strong>3)</strong></em> <strong>Hereditary diseases</strong> are passed on from one generation to another through defective genes. These are transmitted in the same family. The chromosomes in humans are responsible for passing the traits from the parent to the offspring. <em>A few Examples- sickle cell anemia, Downs Syndrome, cystic fibrosis, or hemophilia</em></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><strong>4)</strong></em> <strong>P</strong><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><strong>hysiological disorder</strong> is sometimes used to refer to what is more frequently known as mental disorders or psychiatric disorders. Mental disorders are patterns of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple areas of life. These disorders create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms.<span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd"> Physiological factors that affect the fate of drugs in the body and thereby have effects on their pharmacology and toxicology involve the systems that control absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. The main factors are disease, genetics, and age.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><span sans-serif="" verdana="">Examples- Asthma, Glaucoma, Diabetes, Anxiety, Depression, Eating disorders, Personality and Psychotic disorders..</span></em> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that we have a little better understanding of the primary types, let's look at a few other important pieces of this puzzle..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While the information below falls into the categories that we just covered, It feels important to address these separately, as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>Lest we forget why we are on a mission to raise Awareness!</em></span><br />
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There are<strong> 80 Autoimmune</strong> - <span lang="EN" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">An autoimmune disease results from a mistake made by the
immune system. The body's immune system accidentally recognizes healthy cells
as foreign invaders and begins to attack them. Research shows that autoimmune
diseases tend to have underlying genetic, racial, and gender components. They
are not curable but there are treatments that suppress the immune system, to
stop that reaction. Examples are Rheumatoid Arthritis <em>(I have personal knowledge of this painful condition),</em> juvenile (type 1) diabetes, polymyositis, scleroderma, Addison disease, vitiligo, pernicious anemia, etc. <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span lang="EN" style="color: #231f20; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">{</span><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">www.MedicalNewsToday.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">}</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>{Rare Disease status is achieved when it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people.}</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>That's right.<strong> 7,000 types of Rare diseases. </strong>It’s estimated that somewhere between 25 and 30 million American’s are affected. </em></span></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Examples are <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/search?q=dandy+walker" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: purple;">Dandy-Walker Malformation (Axel's story)</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">,</span> Huntington disease, Muscular Dystrophies, Neuro adaptation, PTCD -Ponte Tegmental Cap Dysplasia.. I could go on forever, it seems.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em><strong>80% of rare conditions are genetic. </strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><em><strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 in 10 people are affected and yet;</span></em></strong></strong></em></span><br />
<em><u><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">95% <strong>lack </strong>an FDA approved <strong>treatment</strong>.</span></u></em><br />
<em><u><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 in 2 rare conditions does NOT have a foundation!</span></u></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><em>Autoimmune diseases</em> </strong>are recognized as a major health crisis in the United States. <em>Today, 50 million Americans—80 percent of whom are women—suffer one or more autoimmune conditions (development of a single autoimmune condition, often means you are more likely to develop others, later)</em>. </span><br />
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<u>Thirty years ago, only 1 in 400 people developed an autoimmune disease.</u></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Researchers have identified 80-100 different autoimmune diseases and suspect<em> at least 40 additional diseases of having an autoimmune basis</em>. These diseases are chronic and can be life-threatening.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I can't quite find a clear answer on how many "common conditions" there are.. I can only assume there are a LOT, but I will be sure to let you know if I can pin that down.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I would also like to look at 2 other "conditions" that may or may not fall under "disease", depending on each situation. Deafness & Hearing Loss and Blindness & Vision Loss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While there are definitely conditions that cause both blindness and hearing loss or deafness (Examples are Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher syndrome among others). These <em>can also have genetic and even environmental connections</em>. Not only can your parents, grandparents, etc, pass down a gene that causes either of those things, (among many others), your <em>environment</em> can also cause them. <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>You might think it's a myth</em></strong> that you could <strong><em>lose your hearing</em></strong> if you have your radio up too loud, go to a lot of concerts, or even just work in a factory setting. <em><strong>It is not a myth</strong></em>. Those things can have a big impact on your hearing! It may not cause deafness, necessarily, but hearing loss is nothing to scoff at!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Obviously, getting hit or poked in the eye, could easily cause blindness, but it can also come over time or suddenly, with or without notice. Developing eye pain or blurred vision is a reason to get it check out, as soon as possible! <em>It could be from a variety of different causes, <strong>including stress</strong></em>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let's delve more into the complicated issue of deafness / Hearing loss:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sound is measured in units called <b>decibels</b> (<b>dB</b>). Sounds of less than 75 <b>decibels</b>, even after a lengthy exposure, are unlikely to cause <b>hearing loss</b>. However extended or repeated exposure to sounds at or above 85 <b>decibels</b> (approximately the level of a vacuum cleaner) can cause <b>hearing loss</b></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Jet take off</td><td class="tg-yw4l">130</td><td class="tg-yw4l">0 minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Ambulance siren</td><td class="tg-yw4l">109</td><td class="tg-yw4l">Less than 2 minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Personal music player at maximum volume</td><td class="tg-yw4l">106</td><td class="tg-yw4l">3.75 minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Pop/Rock concert</td><td class="tg-yw4l">103</td><td class="tg-yw4l">7.5 minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Riding a motorcycle</td><td class="tg-yw4l">97</td><td class="tg-yw4l">30 minutes</td></tr>
<tr><td class="tg-yw4l">Using an electric drill</td><td class="tg-yw4l">94</td><td class="tg-yw4l">1 hour</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><strong><u>Over 5% of the world's population</u></strong> – or <strong><em><u>466 million people</u></em></strong> – has disabling hearing loss (432 million adults and 34 million children). It is estimated that by 2050 over 900 million <b>people</b> – or one in every ten <b>people</b> – will have disabling hearing loss.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Up to 20 decibels below the <em>hearing threshold</em> is still considered to be normal hearing.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are 3 main types of hearing loss- <em>sensorineural, conductive, and mixed</em>. There are also four levels of hearing loss severity: <em>mild, moderate, severe and profound</em>. All four degrees of severity can be found in most types of hearing loss.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That is another topic that I have personal experience with: Hearing loss and deafness. Only this time it's my son, Axel, and not myself. Later in the series, I will go into detail on our experience. I have told most of Axel's story in previous posts, if you don't want to wait ;) <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/search?q=hearing+loss" target="_blank">Axel's Hearing-Loss Post(s)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that in 2012 there were <em>285 million visually impaired people in the world, of which 246 million had low vision and 39 million were blind</em>. Of those who are blind<em> 90% live in the developing world.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Globally, it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment. <em>I know many people that wear glasses,myself included!</em></span></span></span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With regards to distance vision, 188.5 million have mild vision impairment, 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment, and 39 million people are blind. With regards to near vision, 826 million people live with a near vision impairment. <br />
Population growth and aging will increase the risk that more people acquire vision impairment. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Distance vision impairment: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WHO is developing a <i>World report on vision</i> to provide authoritative evidence on the magnitude of vision loss globally, as well as its prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WHO's link is below, if you would like to learn more about the World vision report, check out their site!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">All of that definitely needs to sink in, as there was a LOT of information, but I think it is a great start to my series!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Next in the series is - "Startling Reality on Awareness: Part 2 ~ The Numbers"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">We will look into some big numbers and what they mean for Awareness. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">The good, the bad and the reason's why.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I hope you are as interested in this topic as I am! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Follow me so you can get the next part right in your email!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">We CAN'T be Aware of what we DON'T know!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "verdana";">Thank you all for reading! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "verdana";">Take good care and God Bless <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="e24Kjd" style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Reference Links not listed above:</span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.benaroyaresearch.org/what-is-bri/disease-information" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Benaroya Research Institute</span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> focused on identifying causes and cures for autoimmune and immune system diseases.</span><br />
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<a href="http://wikipedia.org/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Wikipedia.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Very in depth definition of diseases and specific information on differences between <em>disease</em>, <i>disorder</i>, <i>morbidity</i>, <i>sickness</i> and <i>illness</i> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.who.int/blindness/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">World Health Organization ie WHO</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/diseasesconditions/az/a.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Centers For Disease Control and Prevention</span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> A very detailed list of diseases.</span></div>
AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1Michigan, USA44.3148443 -85.60236429999997732.8194953 -106.25666129999998 55.810193299999995 -64.948067299999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-58876827940326155322019-07-05T16:32:00.001-04:002019-07-08T13:45:21.508-04:00Get Your Awareness On!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have noticed, my blog has taken on a new look.. Again.. I think this one will stick, for good! <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been blogging since 2012. First with paper crafting (<em>my kids were small and I was bored out of my mind, when they went to bed. So I bought a Cricut and scrap booking became my bestie</em>) and crochet. Then almost 3 years ago, I <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-sewing-project-finished.html" target="_blank">started sewing</a>. Finally in Sept 2017, <a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2017/09/embroidery.html" target="_blank">it was embroidery</a> (almost the same family, at least! lol). THIS time, I am staying with embroidery but I am taking my blog in a new direction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In some ways, the switch will be small. I still plan to embroider (sew a bit, too) and show projects that I make, while doing updates on sweet Mr. Axel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In other ways it will be a big change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you remember </span><a href="https://amyscrapspot.blogspot.com/2019/06/had-to-share-awesomeness.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my last post</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, I mentioned my</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana";"><em>epiphany </em>about my awareness crusade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Basically, <strong><em><span style="color: blue;">I make Awareness wear, now</span></em></strong>! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I began doing so in support of Axel. Once I realized how much I love it, I knew that I needed to open it up and make Awareness wear for anyone that I could and any condition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><em>In making this change with my blog, I feel there are other changes that should naturally happen.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">For 1, I will begin to do some posts in regards to conditions and/or diseases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><em>Not only the conditions that my little guy battles</em> but whatever I feel is information that we should all be aware of and <strike>maybe</strike> most definitely some information that is just beyond imagination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I am working on my 1st Awareness post and the information that I have already found, amazes me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">If you have any ideas about future awareness posts or conditions that you might like to have more information on, please let me know! No gaurentees, of course, but I will do my best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">For now, I will leave it at that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I have some homework to do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Have a fabulous weekend!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";">God Bless!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm linking up with <a href="http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=7008721223&blog=12303891&frame_type=none" target="_blank">I'm linking this up at Cooking Up Quilts!</a></span>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-60871137232754009812019-06-27T13:13:00.001-04:002019-06-28T11:59:03.762-04:00HAD to Share the Awesomeness!<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OK!</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> So, I know that I showed you the newest embroidered Awareness shirt.</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em> But - it looks so much better, ON!</em></strong> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I am totally in love with it and can't wait to make more for myself and family.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">(I decided to alter my shirt by cutting off the collar. I really like that look, all of a sudden!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I am also really excited to begin getting orders and helping others spread their Awareness! One of my favorite parts of making these shirts, is talking a bit with people to get the perfect idea of what they are looking for. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I can't wait to show you my new design for Autism!!! (I plan to start on it very soon!)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I know, I get excited easily, but the awesomeness that I feel while making these shirts is nearly unmatched. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I had an epiphany the other day..</em></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I realized that since I was a young teenager, I was being prepared for<em> this path</em>. <em>This path</em>, that I <em>never would have expected</em>.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">It isn't just that it is something that I love doing. Though there is that!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I realized that THIS is my gift from God.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">To take all of the feelings that I have and pour them into what I love, while I spread his Word with and through, Awareness.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">Once I realized that this wasn't just a small business that I was trying to start, but the <em>path that has been laid out for me</em>, it has given me even more passion. If that were possible.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I am doing all that I can to show people that Every condition deserves Awareness. Not just the ones people know about like Cancer, Downs and Autism. </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">Sadly, it just seems that those get all of the attention.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I'm not trying to say anything bad, I'm sorry if it seems that way.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I just want every condition to matter, -even (and maybe most especially) the rare ones. Imagine the funding that could be beneficial for new research, medications, testing and in so many other areas..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to do all that I can to help, how about you!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Get Your Awareness On!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">I can't wait to see where this Awareness Journey leads me!</span>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-72034601653148580182019-06-21T13:57:00.001-04:002019-06-21T13:57:30.663-04:00Spread Awareness for Deafness and Hearing Loss!<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy Friday, Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I just wanted to pop in and show you <span style="color: purple;"><em>the</em> </span><em><span style="color: purple;">awesomeness</span> that I created</em> over the last 2 days! I can't contain myself!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">If you remember, I mentioned that I am IN LOVE with the phrase that I came up with <span style="color: purple;">"I Hear with my Eyes".</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I quickly realized that I want a similiar shirt for myself (<em>like RIGHT NOW</em>), but I needed to change it a bit for it to work.. <em>Since I am supporting my son and not myself. ;)</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><em>Introducing- My Son Hears with his Eyes & My Brother Hears with his Eyes! <3</em></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I'm also going to do one that says I Love Someone that Hears with their Eyes.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">In my shop I will offer any phrasing that works for someones' situation.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">(My mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, niece, nephew, kids, family, ect. Hears with his, her, their, ect.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/715866389/hear-with-my-eyes-embroidered-shirt?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=embroider+awareness+shirt&ref=sr_gallery-5-30&organic_search_click=1" target="_blank">Adult Listing Found Here</a> & <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/715899619/hear-with-my-eyes-kids-embroidered-shirt?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=embroider+awareness+shirt&ref=sr_gallery-5-33&organic_search_click=1" target="_blank">Kid's Listing Here</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I want to get this out there so bad I can taste it!</span><br />
<em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To me, these shirts are more than spreading awareness. They are telling people that my guy needs more than a small hello, while walking in another direction.. He needs to you SEE him. Connect with him. So he can understand that He is important!</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I love raising awareness for my little Axel, but helping others raise Awareness is the best feeling! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are all doing very well and have found some rain free days to get outside! In Michigan, it has been raining almost constantly, it seems.</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Sorry, I didn't do an Axel update, today. I will soon.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He is doing fabulously! </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">But, at least I can throw in a pic of him, in his new shirt! <3</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Awareness Proves You Care!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgBKHSNcT9vLS08Ho-jiEVDfl5KynPmgvom1p8WWdX5_t2cMsSYXwGIuuYuxmk8wlDBI7xd8rSk1jhpUFKXmRqIJxPzupZWGap6yKyI1qMSAkLeWN-ueMdKBZpNmF6q79FDt77QM57BQ/s1600/20190608_231929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1278" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgBKHSNcT9vLS08Ho-jiEVDfl5KynPmgvom1p8WWdX5_t2cMsSYXwGIuuYuxmk8wlDBI7xd8rSk1jhpUFKXmRqIJxPzupZWGap6yKyI1qMSAkLeWN-ueMdKBZpNmF6q79FDt77QM57BQ/s640/20190608_231929.jpg" width="510" /></a></span></em>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1Michigan, USA44.3148443 -85.60236429999997732.8194953 -106.25666129999998 55.810193299999995 -64.948067299999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-82400033536332914502019-06-03T11:09:00.000-04:002019-06-03T11:11:39.848-04:00I Hear With My Eyes, Awareness Shirt!<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here it is, the <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">beginning of June, already.</span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I hope the weather is going to catch up, soon! In Michigan, it's still mostly chilly. But hey, it isn't 30's!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am constantly thinking of phrases and sayings that I want to embroider onto things; mostly burp cloths but I am perfecting my Tshirts and blankets, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now </span>that we know Axel is deaf, I am trying to make him things that tell people, without having to come right out and say "I am Deaf".. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I'm hoping that if people are aware of his deafness, they will be more expressive and look at him while communicating. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Telling someone that he is Deaf is in NO way saying they shouldn't talk to him! I just want them to react to what they are saying and maybe try a little harder than they might with a hearing child/person. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><em>ie, make eye contact, show how you feel as you talk (sad, excited, happy, ect.)and connect with him, so he knows he is important!</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Anyway, I was sitting at my laptop yesterday, looking over the ASL hand signs that I have. While ruminating on what I wanted to commit to,<em> it hit me</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>The phrase fell into place and I fell in love!</em></span><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">My machine couldn't stitch it out fast enough!</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What could possibly say it better than that!?</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Even better is that I asked for opinions from several deaf and hard of hearing people (in groups on facebook), hoping that my phrase didn't come off as insulting.. They love it! Whew!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I am thrilled to have found the *perfect* phrase and I can spread it around without worry that someone will take it the wrong way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I already have these in my Etsy Store and I just began using Facebook Marketplace, as well. So far I do child's sizes but I am working on an adult design, as we speak. <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I Hope you all have a fabulous week!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com0Rochester, MI, USA42.680588 -83.13382139999998842.633902 -83.214502399999986 42.727274 -83.05314039999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-69192951251830361092019-05-24T15:58:00.000-04:002019-12-30T17:12:39.605-05:00Etsy Up and Running!<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Happy Memorial Day, everyone! </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I hope you all get the extra day off of work and can enjoy some quality time with family, while remembering why and how we are able to have it!</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I wanted to do a quick post for a couple of reasons.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">#1- Etsy Shop Info.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">#2- <span style="color: purple;"><em>An update on</em></span> <em><span style="color: purple;">Axel and a new path we are on</span></em>.</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Today, I am starting with Etsy. I'm really excited about it and I think Axel would understand. haha</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;" verdana=""><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyScrapSpot?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank"><span large="" sans-serif="" style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;" verdana=""><strong>My Etsy Shop</strong></span></a><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: purple;"><em>(<--link)</em></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Please visit my shop to see more pictures! I will be adding more as available.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I have SO many plans for my shop!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T<span style="color: magenta;" verdana="">he only problem is, I don't necessarily have the time to invest in getting it all there, right now. Darn.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">So for now, I have a couple of listings up. I can't wait to get started on those and more that I hope to get into my shop soon. I will keep you all updated.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I love doing burp cloths, they are just fun. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Awareness shirts are my all time favorite, though. I love raising awareness for Axel and helping others raise awareness (for anything) is the best feeling! </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em>Do you know any kiddos that need an awareness shirt for themselves or a family member? I would love to help you with that!</em></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">They are fabulous for walks/runs/biking events, parties, going out on the town or just because!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I am working on getting more samples up, too. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em>If you don't see something, please ask me, there is a good chance that I have it. =) </em></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em><strong>If it isn't too much trouble, could you share the word, for me?</strong></em></span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Axi was laughing really hard at a silly toy, in the above pic. He cracks up once in a while and it is happening more as he gets older. =D</span></span></div>
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">There is always a lot to say about Axel. I'm not bias or anything, at all. =D</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Our guy is officially <em>1.5 years old</em>, Sunday! He has been rolling like a mad man! He began scooting, on his back, as well and can pretty much get anywhere he wants. <3 </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;" verdana=""><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His head control is getting better and better. <span style="color: magenta;" verdana="">He doesn't have it, yet, but he will!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">He dumps his toy bins out and loves to play with those and just about any box he can get his hands on. He is super aware of his surroundings now and interested in everything! He's also began to get upset when we take a toy away that he has or wants. Which is big news!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">He has been finding his voice so much in these past months!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">He LOVES strawberry. He isn't too thrilled about any food, but Strawberry flavors have been getting great reactions out of him! He thinks strawberry Gogurt and suckers are The Best! =D -It's a start!!</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">If you remember, in December Axel got testing done to find out if he was a candidate for Cochlear Implants. In Feb, we finally had the answer. <em>No, he was not a candidate</em>. In March, we were finally told by his audiologist that his hearing aids <em><span style="color: purple;">"probably aren't doing anything for him".</span></em> </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em>With his rare Neuro Adaptation, we know that a single sound gets to his brain stem, but only after an undetermined amount of rest for the nerve.</em></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">So my husband and I began to do some real thinking.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta;" verdana=""><em><span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">It is kind of crazy, but I was thinking so positively during all of this, it never occurred to me that my guy wouldn't be able to hear- somehow!</span> </span></span></span></em></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><em><strong>After a short time of thinking and talking, we easily decided that we will raise Axel Deaf.</strong></em></span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Our son needs to be accepted, just as he is. </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I feel that if we tried to use aids for him, without any positive feedback, he would come to feel that hearing was most important to us.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Obviously that is not that case.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Axel and I have been working on Signs and ASL for over a year. We think he has made a small bit of progress (learning "more") and I feel very encouraged that Axel will be able to learn and hopefully use, ASL.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">We are adding more to his list of "things to do". I am setting up getting him and I extra ASL help in our home. Thanks to a great program!! </span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I also want to get him out to as many Deaf Culture events as possible!</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">He really seems drawn to hand signs and gets excited about it. Yay!</span><br />
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<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana=""><span style="color: purple;"><em>Axel has had it tough</em></span>. You would think I would have struggled hard with all of his conditions. I did. In the beginning. But Accepting them was easy. Our guy is amazing and he wouldn't be him without these things.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">His hearing though.. That was one of the hardest things for me.</span><br />
<span sans-serif="" verdana=""><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span sans-serif="" style="color: purple;" verdana=""><em>When I was pregnant,</em></span> <em><span sans-serif="" style="color: purple;" verdana="">I was always singing and talking to him.</span></em></span></span></span><br />
<em><span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I dreamt of the day I could look into his eyes and sing to him. I'm a terrible singer, but your kids are always your best audience! lol </span></em><br />
<em><span sans-serif="" style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">I still struggle with it but I am not crying as often, so that's a big win ;)</span></em><br />
<em><span sans-serif="" style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" verdana="">Focusing on ASL makes me feel like I have some power. So I am actively trying to incorporate signs into every day. That is tricky, but I'm getting better.</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is definitely more happening, as always, but for now I will leave it at that. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I hope you all have a fabulous long weekend and take good care!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">God Bless</span>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-29363283316917942982019-04-15T10:37:00.001-04:002019-04-15T10:37:11.054-04:00Happy Spring! I'm in Need of Opinions!<br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello friends!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you all had a fabulous winter, I can't believe we are halfway through April, already! Happy Spring!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">A little update on Axel, first. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He is 16.5 months old, already! It is really crazy watching him get so tall. He is almost 25lbs and 31" long. <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He's still working hard in his 9 weekly therapy appointments.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">2 big things are happening right now. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">#1 he is still working really hard on his head control. He can hold it up during tummy time, for over 10 seconds and repeats quite a bit! While sitting supported he held it up for almost 30 seconds, the other day!! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">#2 He began rolling nonstop about a month ago! We got him a great floor mat that lasted for about a month before we were having to race to get him off of the wood floor! lol </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He was all over his floor mat and hubby decided that we needed carpet so our little guy wouldn't hurt himself- or his shunt. All of this rolling has him working even harder on his head control <3</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Of course, he always has new info on his various medical conditions but at this moment, I am going to leave it at his awesome accomplishments! <3 </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recently, I have been working very hard on several ideas that I've had. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">(The ideas are never the hard part for me, putting them into working order seems to be the tough thing..)</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Staying at home to care for our guy has become a top priority.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I work 2 days a week and even that is a struggle. {At least my poor boss THOUGHT I did.. ha}</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have had to take 1 of my days off more often than not, it seems.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><em>I thought that a good step in my new endeavors was to touch base with all of you.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you seen my previous post, you already know about the cool cloth books that I am making.</span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After much thought, I have decided to alter clothes for special needs children and families.</span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since Axel came home from the hospital, <span style="color: purple;"><em>traditional clothes proved difficult and even impossible</em></span>, sometimes. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Axi is tube fed, so that tube needs to be able to exit his clothes. Shimmying it down his pant leg was never really an option. Just imagine if his little feet were to pull on the tube, it could pull the Button right out of his belly. It has happened and it doesn't hurt him, thankfully. But it has to be replaced asap to keep it from closing and needing to be surgically replaced.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also, he can't wear regular pants with a shirt because it sits on his belly where his Vesicostomy is, near the top of his diaper (Vesicostomy= a hole to urinate from, above his pelvic bone). Pants put pressure on it and as he moves, he leaks out of his diaper and <em>all over his clothes (and anything else that is near, haha).</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I realized recently that we can't be the only ones who suffer with these types of issues. <span style="color: purple;">Clothes that can't accommodate certain conditions, or feeding tubes, wires, exc.</span></span><span style="color: purple;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">can make life difficult for baby and parents/caregivers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I am researching a lot of different options to help with these ideas. A big goal of mine is that they are affordable. Which means I can't go out and buy new outfits to alter. That would add additional cost to the product. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I may want/need to make money from home, but I don't want to get rich off of other families, like mine, that are struggling. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">An option that I am considering is buying nearly new clothes and altering those. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em><span style="color: purple;"><u>I need opinions, please!!</u></span></em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Is it weird, <em>it feels weird</em>.. Selling clothes that aren't brand new??</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I would wash them first and represent them as they are (and not brand new), of course!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I am wondering what every ones thoughts are, <em><strong>please</strong></em>, be honest!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>Are you or someone you know struggling with this issue, right now?</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>I am very interested in connecting with parents/relatives/caregivers of children that could benefit from altered clothing.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>I would love to hear what you think, what you'd like to see or try, different situations that would benefit from altered clothing and anything else that you can think of! </em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><strong><em>Please drop me a line, every comment, thought, question or tip is appreciated!! - The more the better!</em></strong></span><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana;">I hope you all have a fabulous week and a wonderful start to Spring!</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana;"><3 God Bless <3</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"></span><br />AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-36566753007524071032019-02-12T15:17:00.000-05:002019-02-22T12:35:17.817-05:00Finally, Some Fun Projects! <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey everybody!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are all enjoying 2019 and all of the fun a new year brings!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">As usual, things have been Cra-zy busy for us but<em> </em>I was still able to eek out some sewing/crafting time. Woo-hoo</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I also have a couple of updates on Axel, so this post will be full of goodness <3</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Project fun, first and then we'll move on to Axel- Mr. HappyPants ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I know it's hard to remember</em>, since I took a forever break and haven't posted any projects in awhile, but I am still Totally into machine embroidery and sewing.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is little better than personalizing things for my guy and- well, everyone that I can. Do you suppose there is a limit to the amount of burp cloths people need?! lol.. Yes, yes there is.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I have made a few small things here and there.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I'll include pics of a few burp cloths that I made, as well as this awesome project that is almost finished! ..and maybe another thing or two.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Have you ever seen those fabric panels that you cut apart and sew into a book?</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I found one called "My Baby's Day". It's full of all the great things baby does- from waking up, to leaving the house, going to the park, playing, eating and others. I was only a few months pregnant when I bought it and shortly afterward everything hit the fan with my pregnancy, so it sat uncut and unloved. It was really hard to get motivated to do much of anything at that time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">All that I kept thinking about was our guy and his upcoming battle (Life).</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Fastforward to now (roughly 18 months later..geesh..) and not only have I CUT the book out, but it's an actual book now! I know, I can't believe it, either! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><br />Since Axi has profound hearing loss and is nearly completely deaf, I really wanted to make this book extra special and very interactive, for him. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em><span style="color: purple;">I started by adding crinkle paper between 2 of the 3 page panels, rattlers to 2 pages (for a bird's chirp and a set of keys), and a squeeker to the page with a car beeping its horn.</span></em> </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I was thrilled with the idea and started thinking that I could define certain things by stitching around them to make them pop out (the batting in it makes things nice and poofy). I realized that my stitching would go through to the backside page. {After many talks convincing myself, I know that Axel doesn't care a wit about those mistakes and he will just love it} I added <span style="color: purple;">the fun parts </span>to the pages but left it at that. -I can only take so much! haha</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">THEN someone mentioned "puffy paint".. (I happen to have several colors from the onsie and bib painting at Axel's baby shower). Woo-Hoo!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">As soon as I looked at the book with puffy paint in hand, I couldn't decide what to do first!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Initially I was only going to do a few little things.<em> Like those fabulous bubbles!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Once I got started, boy, look out! =D</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">It hit me that I can add tons of texture to his book with the paints and make it so much more fun than just looking at the pictures. Now his book has great pictures, sounds and vibrations, textures and the added crinkle (which Axel just LOVES! It must feel soo cool in his little hands, as it crinkles up <3)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I decided not to texturize all of the pages, but I did quite a few.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used paint on several different things so the textures would be different.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";">The big dots and outline on baby's PJ's, music notes, bird, curtains, photo collage, piano, bag, crib, bumpers, cereals, pots and pans and mommy and daddy's shirts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I plan to work on more books and will be putting them in my Etsy shop.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Sensory books are wonderful for every child! When kids are lacking senses and something so simple can give them a little something extra to feed their hungry little brain, it is the perfect toy. <3 </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em><strong><span style="color: purple;">If you are interested in purchasing a texture book, please let me know!</span></strong></em> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I really feel like there are SOO many kids that would love and benefit from these. I am also going to start making ASL (American Sign Language) shirts and various other things for kids (and maybe adults if there is interest ;)</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I only work 2 days a week now and spend the rest of the week taking care of our guy. For that reason, I need to find ways to make some supplemental income. Times are tough right now and with all of Axel's needs and doctors appointments, it isn't looking like it'll get better any time soon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em>Now that I shared that fun</em> -it's time for an Axel update!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He is 14.5 months old, it's really crazy how fast time goes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Our little guy continues to amaze us more and more every day.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He has been working really hard on holding and controlling his head. He can now hold it up for several seconds and repeats over and over. He is also rolling towards his right side like no tomorrow! <em>He is practicing both so much and showing tons of progress!!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He signed his very FIRST word!! That hasn't happened more than a few times but we are working on a few signs and hope he will grasp them! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">It was hard for me to "get" at first.. Saying a first word and signing it are so different. You almost don't recognize it as the huge step that it is. Language is language, after all, signed or spoken!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">If you can't hear and you learn to respond with a gesture- that is Huge!! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">If your a baby (or child), can't hear, have a severe (global delay) motor skill delay as well as countless other things to deal with- it is <strong><em>News worthy</em></strong>!! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em>I need to find the highest mountain-Quick! The world must hear the news! =D</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">On that note, I am working hard to learn ASL (American Sign Language). I know I am on the early end of it and that is just how I want it. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em><span style="color: purple;">I would be lying through my teeth</span></em> if I said I wasn't <span style="color: purple;"><strong><em>terrified</em></strong></span>. This is how our boy will communicate (we pray he is fully able to). <em>It scares me to death that I could really struggle with the language and not be able to communicate with my son</em>. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">ASL is such an amazing and beautiful language. I have been to 4 classes (out of 10), and I have so much information, already! My head still hasn't stopped spinning! I try to practice every day, to retain them all. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">When I first began, by watching videos, I thought for sure it would be impossible. <em>I was terrible in school and never did well in any foreign language</em>. However, the more that I learn of ASL, it repeatedly strikes me that so many of the signs are what you would expect them to be. That helps in big ways! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I believe</span> <span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I shared about his shaping helmet, in my last post.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">We have been in for re-fittings about 6 times. If a spot isn't quite right it will leave red marks and can breakdown the skin. With Axel having a shunt and hearing aids it was vital that it fit well, so it wasn't rubbing on those areas (possibly hurting his shunt, requiring brain surgery to fix). We are done with that, though, we had hoped Axi's head and soft spot size would mean we would have extra time for the helmet to work and that didn't turn out to be the case.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">While I really wanted the helmet to do it's thing, it was so hard on my hands (constant Rheumatoid Arthritis flare ups, are really not great fun). Sometimes I can barely get it on him, let alone lift his head with the fingers I can hardly move.. But- you do what you have to do and suck it up, buttercup.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Anyway, I wish we could have gotten more out of it but I am thankful to be done and so is Axel!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He got his AFO's (feet braces for positioning, to get ready to walk and put weight on his feet)! They are so cute. With sea life all over them. lol.. It is so funny what you can customize these days! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I will say though.. Those are almost as much fun as the helmet. lol</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">The little stinker.. Before I could even get the 2nd one on, he had his foot 1/2 out of the first one, already! I put them back on 6 times in the space of 20 minutes (it easily takes several minutes to accomplish even one..) and then called it a day, while I had hair left on top of my head! lol.. We got the strap adjusted and now he has no luck getting them off. Yay, mommy wins! =D</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">In Mid-December we finally went for Axel's Cochlear testing to see if his ears are compatible with the implant. Those tests are the MRI, Cat Scan, ABR and EABR tests. <em>Basically they look at the structure of the entire ear and brain with the scans- to make sure the necessary pathways are present. </em></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><em>The ABR (auditory brain response) and EABR (Electronic ABR) are used to measure the sound that he hears. Volume wise with the ABR and brain response with the EABR.</em> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">It was a long day, followed by <span style="color: purple;"><em>news that we had been praying against for months and months.</em></span> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">The doctor told us that Axel has something called <span style="color: purple;"><em><strong>Neural Adaptation</strong></em></span>. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">There are no blockages that would keep the cochlear implant from being implanted. However, his brain isn't getting all of the signals that are getting pushed through. His nerve will send a sound to his brain stem, but then it needs to rest before it can send another sound.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I have spoken with more than 2 dozen audiologists, doctors exc. seeking information about this "Neural Adaptation" and as amazing as it is, not a single person has ever heard the term before.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I then explain it to them, as I heard it and hope that somehow they can discover more about it. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">With that MRI it was also found that he has a couple of other things going on, that we were unaware of.. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Axi adds <em><span style="color: purple;">another new doctor to his list. An Endocrinologist</span></em>.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">A condition called Septo-Optic Dysplasia can affect (among other things) the way hormones are created and distributed. We think everything is good, there, but knowing that it is good and being aware of it as he grows, will be important to make sure it doesn't change over time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Dandy Walker Malformation changed a lot about our little guy.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">It is termed a "hind brain malformation". It caused abnormalities and anomalies throughout his body. The most noticeable was his lack of anus at birth.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">If you can lack that, who is to say what else could be different.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Most especially something as delicate and precious as our seashell like cochlea, vestibular and optic nerves.. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I am sorry this update got so long! I have so many things I want to share and if you can believe it, there is more. I will cover the rest, maybe lol, next time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I hope you enjoyed looking at my long overdue projects and hearing about our miracle boy, Axel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I am so thankful for my blog. It allows me freedom to think about and voice things that I wouldn't otherwise. It also leaves a wonderful journal of my little guys journey and I look forward to reading through all of these posts as he grows.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Please friends, if you have any questions, ideas or Anything that you think of, drop me a line. I look forward to it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Until next time, stay safe, take care and God Bless!</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"><br />
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</span>AmyScrapSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12454895372897723593noreply@blogger.com5Michigan, USA44.3148443 -85.60236429999997732.819497299999995 -106.25666129999998 55.8101913 -64.948067299999977tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2238296288422896451.post-33475729802257036992018-11-28T21:22:00.000-05:002018-11-29T09:56:20.323-05:00Feeling Thankful..<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I hope by this point you can button your pants after the great Thanksgiving feast(s) and that you all had a wonderful long weekend. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I know this post should have come a little sooner but things have seriously been crazy, lately.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">We had a great Thanksgiving! The food is always so amazing and the time to visit with people not seen very often, is priceless. <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Right after Thanksgiving was Axel's 1st Birthday!</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">So on Monday evening we had a party for our amazingly special little guy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">As we were planning his party, I realized why it is such a big deal to us- to make a big deal about.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Not only was our boy turning 1, which is always exciting, regardless of anything else. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> We were celebrating him! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">H</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">is first year of life was not the easiest one. All of the days spent in the hospital, other days spent running from one doctors appointment to another (sometimes 5 per day). Being weighed something like 4-8 times per week (HAHA, crazy).. The small steps that he has taken to make huge strides! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">We were celebrating Our Boy's hard work Making it to ONE and Rocking it on the way there!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Through it all, Axel has been the most content baby so when he cries, you take notice. He is happy to lay on the floor as he practices rolling from his back to his side, reaching for fun toys to play with. His grasp is improving all of the time, too. Recently he began to hold stuffed animals tight enough to fling them around a little bit! He is still working on holding up his head but he has come SOO far and we know that he will get there!! He has a helmet now, for his head shape, but we haven't quite been able to get him wearing it for long periods before something happens and we have to take it off for awhile. It's tough for him to get use to the extra equipment. When he finally gets use to it, he will be much more successful moving his head around. <3</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He's still in therapy and gets all of the help he needs to get stronger. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">He has 8 therapists, (plus the Hearing consultant who visits monthly). </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">We are also VERY blessed that he still has his home nurse, who comes weekly. Devon is the best and I just couldn't imagine anyone else caring for Axel like she does <3 </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Axel is doing wonderfully and we are looking forward to the appointment mid-December to see if his ears have the correct anatomy to be compatible with Cochlear Implants. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">His colostomy closure had to be postponed and we opted to schedule it early January. Then he doesn't have to deal with it during the holidays. Thankfully, it is our decision and not something that HAS to be done by a certain time. =)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">All of that to say that I am feeling so Thankful for the amazing progress Axel has shown. He has blessed our family in ways that are very difficult to express. <3</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I also thought I would share some birthday fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> Mr. Raspberry man! He started blowing raspberries about 2 weeks ago =D</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> This is post cake.. Daddy put both hands in the cream pie and Axi immediately put them on his head.. haha</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> This cake was beyond awesome! Thomas Cake Shop in Troy, Mich. really out-did themselves! Most of the décor is butter cream frosting and eatable, YUM! When she called me with the idea to put a FISH in the middle, I was SOLD! It's tricky to see him but it was soo Cool!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> Chocolate topped rice crispy treats were tricky but they really went perfectly with everything and are a great treat! We will be using that idea again!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> I just had to represent awareness! I made blue ribbon suckers - for Hydrocephalus, and the I love you sign - For his profound hearing loss! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Another Cool trick to reuse and the molds were super cheap!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Tropical fish vanilla chocolates, they came out pretty cool, too.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> We couldn't stick anything to the walls but fortunately one wall was all windows and we covered them in clingy sea creatures!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> Cardboard creature cutouts</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> We just love turtles of all kinds and HAD to use this adorable guy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I definitely wanted to make sure that I posted the pics from his party. I never did remember to post the pics from my baby shower.. That was about 13 months ago, now.. It seems too late. LOL</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I thank you all for your time in reading my post. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I have been embroidering things here and there but I often forget to get a picture of the project before giving it away.. I will post what I have remembered, soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I hope you all have a very blessed and fin-tastic December! </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">I</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";"> can NOT believe it is almost Christmas.. wow...</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "verdana";">Take good care and God Bless!</span><br />
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