Mikaail, My Special Needs Son

Mikaail was diagnosed as cerebral palsy child when he turned one year old. He had stroke at 7. Did stroke rob him of his vision and mobility? I used to think so but not anymore. Looking back I feel it was highly likely his vision was lost due to the mishandling by the so called medical professionals! A student of the Spastic Children Association in Pasir Ris. He attends classes daily, accompanied by Aunty Yaya. He has wonderful and supportive teachers and therapists.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Shower

A busy weekend as always. A very hot day and showered him to cool himself down a bit. Mikaail will usually help by scrubbing himself a bit. The commode gets rather slippery and since he cant balance himself, he got worried that he might fall into the hole on the commode.

I literally just realised that I should have covered up the hole when he is having his shower and only lift off the cover when he is using the toilet!

Giving his face a washing with Garnier 3-in-1 face foam. As a teenager, acne has started to surface on his face.

Shampooed his hair

Drying himself up after shower.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Braille Lettering

A friend, Cheng Choo, from the Gospel Mission to the Blind Ltd came to my home a couple of weeks ago to show my sister how to create the braille letterings for my son, Mikaail. She has very kindly loaned us this metal template and also taught us how to create the braille letterings on sticker paper.

So far I've done a couple of braille alphabets in the hope that Mikaail will be able to relearn his alphabets. I must say it is rather difficult to figure the alphabets based on the dots! Anyhow I will continue to teach him how to recognise the alphabets.