From: mandalwilliamson <mandalwilliamson@...>
Subject: [B.I.Child] New to the Group...
To: BrainInjuredChild@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 5:06 PM

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.