Video comparison

Well, we are just about a month into this thing! James has gone from 30-50 seizures a day to 1 in 8 days! Unbelievable! I sincerely hope that some desperate parent, who thinks they have tried everything to help their child, stumbles across this blog someday and learns of a new path to start upon. Just to be able to give hope to another "me", to help 1 other person would make this even more meaningful.
Someday, perhaps.

Up until now you've all been following along by my words. Today, I'd like to show you 2 very different videos that will help showcase a few of Jamie's improvements.

Video #1 was taken 3 days after we returned home from starting the diet at Floating.

Video #2 was just taken today, about a month into the diet.

The differences may not jump out at you, but they sure do for me!

The major improvements I see are:

- Increase in head/neck control. You'll see much more of his face and much less of the top of his head from not being able to maintain an upright position.

- He has the ability to open his hands and use them more accurately. You'll notice him manipulating the toy with open hands not closed fists.

- More verbal. I didn't capture as many sounds as I would've liked on video number 2 but that's ok! This is a real blog. I'm not going to paste stuff together to make it seem better than it is. I'm not much of a "sugar-coater". He is laughing - and yelling! - at his toys now. It's hysterical! Maybe the next video will showcase this better. :)

- He is so much more relaxed. You'll notice that there are less extraneous movements. His actions are more deliberate. This has also improved his endurance and toleration of play.

If you can't see all these things - it's ok! I can. I see the improvement. However, sometimes, when you're too close to a situation it becomes hard to see the small daily advances. Every day blurs into the next and next thing you know, you're saying "when did he start doing this?" This is precisely why I am video taping him from time to time.

                                          Video #1...

 ...  Video #2

Very happy!