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Okay- some of these videos are not playing for some reason so I am also posting on youtube. Just search for video titled CME Mia and you should be able to watch!
Mia had a real cryfest today. She did a couple of exercises that we had done last week with basically no response -and this week she responded to both of them. That means the brain is learning how to respond. It's neat to see that. Besides the two 45 minute sessions, she is happy as a clam. Babbling up a storm, laughing a lot, eating like a horse - I think she wants to move to Chile:) There are a lot of little blond Chilean babies around here- she'll fit right in. They have a lot of American TV shows w/ Spanish subtitles so we are watching a lot of Friends, 90210 (the old series) and HBO -I don't even have that at my own home! We miss Daddy but are enjoying lots of quality time together- and are excited for him to see progress when he comes back in 2 weeks...
Ramon was teaching Jeff some of the exercises when he was here- it's a lot harder than it looks. Ramon does it so effortlessly, but it can be pretty awkward when trying yourself. I will spend a lot of time practicing with him. The harder exercises will not be for the home program -thank God :) Ramon has over 700 exercises he has developed himself and he chooses which ones your child needs. He says he will not spend alot of time of head control with her because as your can see, when her trunk is straight, her head is usually straight- so that will come with the other exercises too. He says she has a lot of strength- she just doesn't know how to use it. She will gain that with repetition. It's not about "learning" the exercise, it's about repeating it so the brain will automatically repsond to it. When he does the first repetition she often responds slowly, then the second one, she responds in half the time. So you can just imagine as we keep repeating this how she will respond. Ramon says as humans we all have the innate ability to stand, walk, sit etc, but we have to figure out how to trigger the brain to perform those functions. I love his philosophy :) There is no "she can't do it" just "let's figure out how to make her do it." I'm going to put him in my luggage and take him home with me...
This is a great one of her taking steps... the hand on the neck is not holding her up at all- it is just there for support... Love the way he calls her "Princessa" :)
Mia standing on Ramons legs -trunk completely unsupported- he is holding her thighs- each time she stood longer and longer. Yeah! This is huge for her as her trunk is her weakest spot.
Sorry this may be too long to watch here - some people are having trouble viewing...
Here is Mia crying her way through therapy (and burping). Ramon is sooooo good with her. When she is crying, she actually does a little better and is stronger -crying just because this is something different. She stops as soon as the exercise is over -big faker. She is standing so much holding all of her own weight and not collapsing right away like she usually does. Ramon says if he can get them in the standing position like this is a really good sign for the future... he also says he knows in the first 5 sessions if the therapt will help or not and he will tell people to go home if he does not think it will. We had our 5 th session today and Ramon is very happy with the way she is responding. The therapy is so exciting to watch- to finally see some progress. He does 3-4 repetitions of each exercise and you can see the improvement with each repetition. You can see he counts -often she won't respond until he counts to 30 the first time, then 20 the second time, etc. she improves so quickly. When she was standing, she was taking all of her owm weight, the strap is there for guidance- ho only expected 10 seconds the first time and this is what we got. It is so great to see her standing up straight. We are so proud of her for every single exercise...
Mia had her first sessions of therapy yesterday. The first was just Ramon's evaluation of her. What an amazing man! We have never met anyone more passionate about their work than him. His energy is contagious. His is so positive about everything. He says he sees a lot of potential in Mia. He says we are just working with low tone - not a variety of other problems so it it not as complicated. Thank God that something with Mia is not complicated:) The first "real" session- she cried the whole time- and I mean CRIED. Tears, snot, screaming etc. Nothing was hurting her or too strenuous- she just did not want to do it. But she still responded to the excercises so we were excited. But this morning she did not cry once. In fact, she smiled most of the time. I am so glad I don't have to deal with 45 minutes of crying twice daily. She did really well. Some exercises she was slow to respond to, others the response came right away. It requires no cooperation from her- he is trying to illicit reflexes from her brain that will just happen with repetition. Some quicker than others. It is so exciting to watch. I can see why this is addicting. I will keep adding videos... off to another session.
