Isaiah the Joy of Our Life

Melissa Dunn - 02:01pm Dec 3, 2004 EST

Hi My name is Melissa (24) and my fiance's name is Adam (26). We live in Gloucester County, NJ. Our son Isaiah was born January 11, 2002 at 28 weeks. He was in the NICU for about 2 months when he came home March 3, 2002. He had a few complications in the NICU. He had a blood transfusion, and many ultrasounds on his brain which showed that he had Perventricular Leukamelacia which was an early sign that Isaiah would have Cerebral Palsy. When he came home we saw signs of developmental delays right away. He received PT and OT from early intervention. About 3 months after he came home his eyes began to cross. March 6, 2003 he was diagnosed with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy. We asked ourselves many times and still do Why did this happen to Isaiah? He had eye straightening surgery July 1, 2003 and worked wonderfully. We are followed by A.I Dupont Hospital for Children in Delaware for Isaiah's orthopedic visits. His doctor is wonderful and I highly recommend him Dr. Kirk Dabney. Isaiah also received botox injection in his legs in Sept. 2004. Isaiah will be 3 yrs old January 11, 2005 and his development has progressed nicely. He stil cannot sit or walk independently. He has a gate walker that he loves. He also is a rolling machine. You turn your head for a second and he's across the room. He also has a speech therapy beause he is not talking like he should but he is so cognitively smart. He knows what everything is. He even can recognize some letters of the alphabet. Isaiah will start preschool at our local elementary school on his birthday which we are very excited about. Isaiah is the joy of our life and has a great personality. If anyone has a similar story and wants to talk to us please feel free to write us. If anyone lives in the South New Jersey area we are looking for people to meet for support. If you want to see pictures of Isaiah visit http://users.rowan.edu/~dunnm42/Isaiah.html Thank you and God Bless!!!