Welcome to Max's blog. Max was born on 02/11/09 at 34 weeks (4lb 10oz) with a left sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). CDH occurs when a hole in the diaphragm allows many of the organs, in Max's case his bowel, intestines and part of his liver, into the chest. This stopped the growth of the left lung and also squashed the heart. Max was given a 50% chance of survival when diagnosed at my 20 wk scan but you will see from my pictures and updates what a true 'miracle' he really is.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Physio Progress - Gold Stars!!!
On Monday we had an appointment with Max's physiotherapist, Maureen, at the RACH. 2 weeks ago he was making little attempt to sit up and still had a strong preference to his left side but he is now sitting for short periods unaided (when he wants to that is!) and now passes toys from his left to right. We are delighted with his progress as I thought it would be a long time until he even attempted to sit up :)
Maureen has asked if we will help out some of her post grad students at RGU tomorrow. She has invited 5 mums with babies who have had a traumatic start and are at different levels of development for the students to ask questions about in group sessions. There is going to be a baby girl there who also has CDH so it would be good to speak with her mum and i'm sure share similar stories.
Picture of Max and his daddy, in his Bumbo learning to sit up.
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