Speech therapy

[HouseofWool]

Overall C has had a very positive outcome. No persistant physical difficulties, no short term memory problems. Just this speech and language thing.

I am very greatful for the wonderful ped neurologist that we had in Milwaukee. I hate to think what his outcome would have been had we not been at a major children's hospital.

[diggitydot]

Yay for speeh/language specialists! Woo hoo!

[moonlight]

I guess this is a somewhat common thing among stroke pts?? My aunt had one about a month ago. Her only problem from it was her speech issues. She also has a hard time finding the right words sometimes.

[diggitydot]

She also has a hard time finding the right words sometimes.

DS has an expressive/receptive language delay so he has difficulty finding the word he wants to use. It's like his internal dictionary is completely jumbled and disordered. He and his language therapist have worked minor miracles on this in the last two years. He'll still occasionally blank out, but FAR less frequently than before he began the therapies.

Speech/language therapists rock hard.

[HouseofWool]

Diggity that is awesome. For C it appears that he knows exactly what he wants to say, but since the stroke affected his basal ganglia, which is the gatekeeper of information, he cannot get it out.

I am encouraged by the sucess stories. As the mom, I worry so much about him.

[alison]

I'm just catching up on threads around here.

I'm so happy for C. He must be cashed out today.
How exciting for all of you!