Living with CP: the early years part 31.

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great day today. Today, I'm going to talk about what happened after my appointment with doctor Ellen Kitts. Let's get started.

As I said in my last entry one of the first things doctor Kitts said at my appointment that day was that she wanted to try to get me a new wheelchair because the one I had at that time was too small. Doctor Kitts has always said that anyone with Cerebral Palsy has to have a chair that fits them correctly.  She also doesn't believe in having operations unless it is absolutely necessary.

She also wanted me to start some occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy. Keep in mind I have not had anything like that in about 10 years. A problem people with Cerebral Palsy have is if they don't keep their muscles loose, body tone gets very tight. So when you do work out again to get everything loose, it will probably really hurt at first.

Grandma felt like is was more important for me to be able to sit up in my chair and work on my computer before I could do anything else. So, with me going to therapy three days a week, we knew I could not do that and go to school, too. That would be too much for me in one day, so my grandma decided to take me out of school three days a week and I went to school two days a week. I was able to get a home tutor.

Let me just say that when you have Cerebral Palsy, you have to keep working with yourself your entire life, because your body does get tight.

In my next entry I'll talk about starting therapy. Have a great day everyone.