Trevy’s right sided weakness is so subtle that to the untrained eye it’s practically invisible. It’s easy to miss how after a couple two footed frog hops his right side moves a smidge more slowly and doesn’t get as much air. Or how his right foot ever so slightly starts to drag a bit while he’s running. The toes of his right shoes show the scuffing though. I need to take pictures as evidence! You know…for the doubters. Or to place on the table during IEP meetings. Anyway. Mild or not…his right side is compromised. He’s always had right sided weakness but after his surgery his right side was completely paralyzed. We’ve encouraged him to work hard (most times against his will) to help his healthy right brain rewire all those functions the left should control. In a perfect world, he’d be plugged into an intensive outpatient PT program. And for a while we were. But ala...
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