(An Article written by our mother, Meera) 3yr old It was a happy day when I had my second baby boy. Everything was so beautiful and new. But, on the third day my baby fell ill with a stomach infection and started having motions. By the fifth day he was totally dehydrated. Then began the rush with high dose medicines. A cut was opened in his vein and drips were administered. We were all praying. Seeing my three day old braced with medical paraphernalia made me anxious and nervous. God heard our fervent prayers, Rizwan recuperated. All seemed to go well till he was 7-8 months, but then we realized that he still could not balance his head. From there commenced a saga of many trips to doctors and hospitals. My June (Rizwan) was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. This came as a shock. Honestly, we had never heard of it before. After recovering from the initial shock began the reality of everyday life. June was sp...
"He's going to start talking at 40," that is what my Naana used to say about June. I had never met Naana, but Mummy has told me this story many times. Since last year Juney has been unwell. It’s been one illness after the other. Including an increase in tremors, which scared all of us and brought back memories we never wanted to visit again. He's better now, though his balance is seriously affected. Post illness, June has emerged more intelligent and emotionally very sensitive. He tries to shape words in his mouth but his tongue fails him. Sometimes he tries really hard and some long sentences of jumbled words flow. It’s gibberish. But then we’ve never desired words with June. His eyes have always done the talking. Bhai is extremely dependent on Mummy now. She is the constant in his life. Recently, I was helping her re-arrange her cupboard, her saris were strewn all over the bed. I noticed that Juney was looking concerned; he would look ...
Thank you for reading and sharing my last post. Hope it can make a tiny difference somewhere! Here's a HAPPY Post with photos of my Techno friendly brother! :) Busy exploring the Tabla Ap on Mummy's Tablet. In fact he's great on it Uno! And look who won! Favorite toy!
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