Samuel

Samuel was 28 weeks premature, he was born by emergency cesarean section due to bradycardia caused by the return of the umbilical cord. Due to her prematurity, he presented respiratory problems for which he required resuscitation, after which there was a grade 4 intraventricular hemorrhage, the most serious, which involves various parts of the brain.

This bleeding obstructed brain ducts, producing hydrocephalus as a consequence, which required 8 brain interventions to control it. Then at 6 months he presents infantile spasms diagnosed as West syndrome, a rare type of epilepsy that causes a significant setback in psychomotor development in children. He was treated and ending up in a difficult to control refractory epilepsy, severe hypotonia and many drugs … obtaining not very encouraging prognoses with which to fight!

Despite everything, Samuel eats by mouth, does not use oxygen, and in his own way knows how to communicate with his environment. In the search for therapeutic options to help him in his development, we found a great therapy called Cuevas Medek exercises and its creator Ramon Cuevas who welcomed us in a loving and optimistic way accepting the challenge! Therapy in which Samuel against all odds responds to his stimuli that are aimed at challenging his brain.

Since he was 8 months old, Samuel performs these exercises in which he has developed strength at the trunk and head level, managing to maintain his posture, load weight on his limbs, giving the expected response in things that for his diagnoses are impossible for medical criteria! We still have a long way to go, so we keep working and challenging that brainiac who, thanks to this wonderful therapy, continues to stimulate and store information that will surely flourish later!

– Claudia And Jesus, Samuel’s parents