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We have plans to travel to Montreal in October '07 to learn this treatment plan
for Sam. I had learned about it briefly a while ago, while I was inundated with many other things, but recently I got
about a dozen or so emails, basically out of the blue, from parents who are using this technique with great results on
their kids.
I have about a half dozen Yahoo groups that I use for a lot of the research I do,
and I have quite an extensive bunch of other relentless moms, and quite randomly I started hearing from these people.
So, yes, I'm listening, and talked to Tim and we figured we'd better go. Too much of a coincidence to ignore.
The idea is that much of our structure is developed by our moving around, and since
Sam isn't moving, his structure is getting more and more "mangled". For example, we all have a picture in our head of
what a person who has had a stroke or brain injury looks like, with their mouth hanging open. Sam can't swallow,
and the brain injury is causing his lower jaw to recede more and more, making it even harder to swallow. I can barely
even force his mouth to close at this point. The ABR therapy should help with that, and so many other things.
His rib cage is starting to splay, his hands are clenched, and these are things we can "tackle. I'll learn exercises
that I'll do TO him for about 4 hours a day, every day. But the results are apparently pretty impressive. As one
mom pointed out to me, she's never heard anyone who didn't think it had helped their child. And that's pretty impressive.
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G-therapy is another one that I had heard about a while ago. I thought it was a form of physical therapy, but it
turns out, it's not! (We just couldn't bear any more.) Anyway, it's a homeopathic therapy that seems to
really be doing some incredible things for kinds with cerebral palsy. Some of the kids who are verbal are noting changes
very quickly. I heard from several people about this recently. It can't hurt him, and is getting some positive
attention. This article was recently on CNBC.
The clinic is in India, but we don't all need to travel to India. The doctor can actually review Sam's records
through the mail and through video tapes, and then can give the medicine to one of us, or even to someone else who's travelling
back to the states. (So if anyone's planning a trip to India, let me know, please.)
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