Report on Angelina's 2nd Craniosacral Manipulation...

Angelina had her second Craniosacral Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy. She was so much more relaxed this time! Dr. Teitelbaum and I discussed if I had seen any changes and I thought she was a bit more fluid in her movements but wasn't sure if it was from the therapy or BOTOX. I also asked him if this could help with her GI problems. He said that there are cases where it does for colic and reflux in babies (could have used that info 2 years ago!) and that we would try it as well. Angelina wasn't objectionable at all this time. She smiled at him and tugged on his shirt cuff. She was even trying to do her "dancing" as well. We go back the next 2 Mondays then we will re-evaluate her progress.

BOTOX for the 2 year old!

I took Angelina in to see Dr. Acosta for her first round of BOTOX injections.When we got there she was kind of sleepy so by the time we got into a room and Dr. A and his nurse Sheila came in to get things going, Angelina was completely out. She wasn't too happy with us waking her but she quickly got over that. I held her hands so she couldn't wave them about and I felt like I was sabotaging her. One second she was happy and laughing the next was filled with alligator tears, screaming bloody murder and "mama..mamamama..nononono...mamama". She had 12 injections total and she was super pissed about it! Prior to all this Sheila and Dr. A both asked if I was okay with everything. Apparently I looked sort of stressed out about it all. Of course I was tired, but I wasn't looking forward to Angelina having all those injections. I just kept praying that we were making the right decision. With all the things that have happened to Angelina done with the best intentions I always question whether it's the right thing to do for her and pray we are making the right decision. It seems that things always turn out for the best, but this just made me nervous.

ANYWAY, Angelina got over the shots pretty quickly and Dr. A talked with me about what to watch for in the next 24 hours as signs of overmedication. He assured me that he didn't think we had anything to worry about, but nonetheless we needed to know just in case. This was a little unnerving but I decided to focus on the positive. While we were waiting to check out Sheila and I were talking about one of her medicines that she started taking again for tone. It can cause seizures and we had noticed a few things that just didn't seem right. Luckily, Angelina displayed a little seizure like facial expression so we decided to completely stop that medicine and roll with just the Artane - which I think is working just fine.

Dr. A said that we should see some changes in about a week from the BOTOX and that it will probably peak in between 1-2 months. He wanted us to be aware of when we thought it was wearing off so that we know how long it lasts for her. We go back in three months for the next round!