Welcome, Amanda.

You will find a ton of information within this group. When you have time, check
the archives too. Wish you all the best in helping your son recover. It is
possible (I think you know that already).

Take Care,
Terry

--- On Sat, 3/7/09, mandalwilliamson <mandalwilliamson@...> wrote:

> From: mandalwilliamson <mandalwilliamson@...>
> Subject: [B.I.Child] New to the Group...
> To: BrainInjuredChild@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 3:06 PM
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> My name is Amanda, and I looking foward to
> being a part of this group. It will be nice to have someone
> to talk with, I always have to be so strong for my family.
> I have an 18 month old named Aiden. He had meningitus when
> he was two months old. He had seizures which left his brain
> severely damaged. His front and back of his right side are
> almost as if they were never there. When you look at his
> MRI, it's as if you are looking at a black hole in those
> places. He has cortical vision impairment, and they tell me
> when he is older he will have a hard time with his decision
> making abilities. He is still pretty young, so we can't
> really tell how much progress he is making. We can tell he
> is behind on his speech and is still having a hard time
> feeding himself. He also has seizures. They are not as bad
> as they were, the medicines really seem to be controlling
> them. We are so blessed though, he is our little angel. We
> just want his life to be as normal as possible.
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