Cerebral Palsy Blog An insight into the life of a parent raising a child with cerebral palsy

The Independent, 30th June 2007By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Sorrow and pity are natural responses to disability in children – but they are misplaced, researchers say.
There is no need to feel sad about youngsters with cerebral palsy because they experience life much as other children do – with all its joys and sadnesses, successes and failures.
Able-bodied [...]

Welcome to Amelia Taylor.
Some of you may have seen this in the news over the past couple of days …
Amelia is thought to be the world’s first surviving sub-22 week micro preemie. She was delivered on October 24th 2006 by Caeserian section at an astonishing 21 weeks and six days, weighing just 260 grams and [...]

It’s that time of year …
The kids have had a bad run the past couple of weeks with yet more chest infections and colds. The problem is always amplified by their chronic lung disease from being intubated for so long in NICU. A new born baby is defined as having chronic lung disease if they [...]

Happy New Year!
Okay, I’ve been slack! Motivation hit an all time low and I apologise for not updating for so long.
I hadn’t realised this blog had gained as many readers as it has in such a short space of time. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect when I first started this blog [...]

It’s 4 weeks since I last posted. The reason being it has been pure hell at home. Ella and her brother have been very ill with throat infections, thrush and raging temperatures. Unfortunately, Max had to miss his herniotomy operation at Great Ormond Street because of a 39.5oC temperature.
However, this post is about the nightmare [...]