Another week as passed and Jacob has become a part of the household in every way. His at-home physical therapy began yesterday and the therapist is confident that Jacob will regain the usage of his affected limbs. Jacob's brain has definitely started to rewire itself. It is a slow process but he has already come quite far. Since the stroke in April he has gone from semi paralysis to just weak and stiff on his left side. His locked stare to the right has all but vanished and the opthlamologist actually got him to follow an object in his left field of vision. I actually thought he was blind in his left eye but that does not seem to be the case. He keeps surprising me at every turn and has impressed on me the tenacity of human life. How could something so fragile be so strong?
I met little Jacob at Columbia Presby, when we did an echo for him one day. I was doing HLHS googling when I came across this and was so excited I could see how he was doing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of working with kids, is how inspiring they are. It is stories like this that make you step back and really appreciate how good life really is.
Thanks for sharing, I look forward to hearing more good news!