Hi lostmom,

I have a 10 year old daughter who has microcephaly. She is very sweet and
loving... yes she has mood swings but so far nothing violent.

If you can find a doctor or a psychologist or anyone in the medical field who
knows about brain mapping, please have your son undergo this. The therapy has
helped my daughter with her mood swings.

About your son being in a home... well, If you have exhausted everything to help
him and this is the last resort, then, its okay. But if you can take care of
him in your home, that would still be the best place for him because of the love
he feels and the caring he gets from you and your husband. Maybe, it will be
wise for you to hire a special teacher to go to your home and have him study
there. Make him do physical exercises like enrolling him in sports clinics, or
if he is more into art, then enroll him in voice or painting, or you can enroll
or teach him cooking if you cook.

It is difficult to have children like ours. It is physically and financially
draining. They need us and depends on us. All we need to do is LOVE them and
accept them for who and what they are. They are God's blessing to us because He
knows that we can give them the best and bring out the best in children like
ours.

I hope I was able to be of help. God bless and good luck!

tin



----- Original Message ----
From: lostmom13 <lostmom13@...>
To: microcephalysupportgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:38:22 PM
Subject: [Microcephaly Support Group] new member


hi my son andrew will be 15 and hes has microcephaly since birth well
he was a happy child and it all started 2 years ago started to get
more viloet banging his head into wall;s windows and attacking his
teachers at school then fianlly the taxi driver would not pick him up
for school cause the fits got worse i feel so bad for him .so last
week i just coun;t do it anymore i had to place him in a group home it
was so hard to leave him there but i have had no help for 2 years
getting up at 6am with him everyday and just watching him sit around
and do nothing are other kids have suffered with this too,anyways did
i do the right thing?everyone tells me i did i just hate to see him
without his mom and dad but i know nothing will change if i went to
get him. anyway anyone going threw this






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