Carlos

Yo, soy Carlos tengo 14 anos y desde que llege a therapys 4 kids me he sentido mas fuerte y se me ha hecho mucho mas facil desplazarme. Tambien me ha gustado mucho su forma de hacer terapias porque es bastante moderna y el therasuit me parecip bastante efectivo y en esta terapia he realizado ejercisios nuevos que han ayudado a mi desarrollo. La terapista Natalie me parecio muy buena por su forma progresiva de ejersicios que varios de ellos eran nuevos para mi y me ejercita todo el cuerpo sobre todo las partes afectadas por la espasticidad. El therasuit me ha ayudado muchos porque me siento mas relajado despues de usarlo y eso me ayuda a desplazarme mejor y mas fuerte Tambien Candice me ha ayudado bastante pues graias a ella encontre esta terapia que me ha ayudado mucho y es la persona que se encarga de que todo salga en orden y correctamente.

Tristan

Tristan was born at 24 weeks weighing 1 lb 5 ounces. He was born early because of twin-twin transfusion. His identical twin Mason died at 10 days old. Tristan did great in the hospital and came home when he was 3 months old. We knew something was wrong when at a year old, he could not sit up yet. At 16 months old, Tristan was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. He is six years old now and doing great. He attends kindergarten and uses his walker to get around.

We went to Therapies 4 Kids in November of 2006, Summer 2007 and Summer 2008. Tristan also got the hyperbaric therapy 2 times a day along with the intensive therapy with Suittherapy. For the First visit, within 2 weeks, Tristan went from barely able to walk a block to walking 10 blocks. He went from being a low talker, to everyone hearing him talk. It was amazing! We know this therapy really works and we are really wanting to go back to Florida so that he can do this therapy again and again.

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  Denis

Denis is a sweet, good-natured little boy who lives in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was born with a rare form of infant epilepsy which has left him severely impaired. At five years old, Denis cannot yet sit, walk or speak. Nevertheless, he is a happy child who laughs often, gives lots of kisses and loves to be around other children. Denis' favorite things to do are listen to music (and other funny sounds), swing in his hammock and be cuddled. He does more therapy each day than any child should have to but still manages to maintain his sunny disposition! Denis has been hospitalized many times and has taken many medications to try and control his seizures. For the last two years, he has been seizure-free on the ketogenic diet--something we are very grateful for. Unfortunately, there are very few therapeutic resources where Denis lives. He must travel outside the country for all his medical care and therapies. Mom and Dad learn everything they can and then try to pass on the knowledge to Denis' local therapists (who were mostly trained in sports therapy). This ends up being quite expensive but is necessary if Denis is to have any hope of progress. Last year, Denis did intensive suit therapy for the first time at Therapies 4 Kids in LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.. AFTER ONLY 3 WEEKS, Everyone was excited about his progress. Denis gained improved head control and began to roll with minimum assistance. These were more accomplishments than Denis had made in his previous 4 years. This year, we are hoping to be able to take Denis TO Therapies 4 Kids again. We would like to combine it with MONOPLACE HBOT to see if that will increase his progress. We would love to see Denis gain more head and trunk control so that he could sit by himself and be able to go out and do more things with our family.

Sarah

Sarah is a beautiful 5 year old girl who has captured our hearts with her sweet spirit, She appeared to be a normal baby when she was approximately 1 year and 9 months old; her parents noticed that she was experiencing loss of movements. She was not able to take her first steps; she had a hard time standing up and the more she grew, the more movements she lost. After some testing, Sarah was diagnosed with a dysfunction in her central nervous system that causes dysequilibrium with normal movements and damage to her motor coordination. She is a bearer of ATAXIA, a genetic neurological dysfunction that leads to lesions on the cerebellum which causes Cerebro-cerebellar dysfunction and atrophy of the organs needed for movement . She is currently in a wheelchair, uses a walker and is undergoing speech tests and physiotherapy. This disease does not perpetuate death directly, but changes a great deal of her quality of life. This, in turn, brings consequences to her and her family's welfare. During this year, Sarah went through much testing and they diagnosed her with atrophy occuring in her optical nerves. According to the doctors, it is a degenerative disease. We believe in an Almighty God who is the creator of everything and everybody. Sarah's parents, a couple who is very committed to God full of faith. They will never quit fighting for Sarah's life. Our church, as the body of Christ, is following Sarah's case very closely and supporting her family with prayers and financial help. There is a hospital in Oregon that specializes in studies of degenerative diseases such as Sarah's disease and is one the only hospitals that can effectively test her. In July 2008 we found Therapies4kids. when everyone was telling us to rest and wait for a Miracle, Therapies4kids Team accepted her as a regular child and put her to work ( with monitored stress and fatique levels). Not only did she get better physically but she felt very appreciated and hapyy to work with people who treated her like a regular child without a question. Today, april 6th, for the grace of God we are again at Therapies4kids in Lauderdale by the sea to start another Cycle of this amazing therapy. Soon I hope I can wriite again about her gains and happyness. 

   

In August 2005 our families lives forever changed. We lost our second child, our first son, at the age of 2years due to complications from congenital heart defects.

He had been waiting for a heart transplant but a heart was not available. After the loss of our beloved Xavier we were reassured by doctors that we could conceive a healthy child. Our family was mourning and our first child Chayanne was devastated by the loss of her baby brother, he was her best friend. In early February of 2006 we learned we were pregnant.

Our family was ecstatic when we found out we were having twins. We felt truly blessed and a little in shock. Nevertheless, we began preparing for out little bundles of joy.

The pregnancy was totally uneventful until 28 weeks when suddenly in the early hours of the morning I woke up with labor pains. When I arrived at the hospital a short while after I was told that I was fully dilated and would have to undergo an emergency c-section to deliver the boys.

Donovan and Avery were born on August 11th 2006. They weighed a little over 2 1/2 pounds. They were extremely small. Due to the rapid progression of my labor and emergency c section the boys were delivered before I could receive steroids to help mature their lungs and prepare them for an untimely delivery.

The boys spent over 70 days in the NICU. During their stay they both were treated for more than one blood infection caused by contamination of central lines they had in to recieve IV nutrition since they were too small to eat.

They both had difficulties coming off of the ventilator and breathing on their own. They required oxygen for a long period. Donovan had a grade 2 bleed in his ventricles early on and Avery developed a cyst somewhere in his brain. Despite all of the set backs Donovan and Avery made it home.

Donovan had tremors to both his legs and Avery developed them shortly after coming home. They were hard to console. Due to frequent breath holding spells in the hospital they were sent home on Apnea monitors.

We took the boys to alot of specialists and started them in rehabilitative therapy to help them "catch up". We were constantly told to just give them time and they would catch up to other children their age but it became evident that something was wrong.

The boys were unable to roll over or sit up and their legs had become increasingly stiffer. They tended to arch alot but we were told this was because they had severe gastroesophageal reflux. Finally at a year of age we wanted answers. We had been patient enough. We requested a neurology consultation.

Although we knew there was something wrong we were heart broken to hear the diagnosis and irritated by the response that followed.

Donovan and Avery had spastic diplegia a form of cerebral palsy. we would have to "give it time"to see what progress they will be able to make. Thus we increased their therapies from twice weekly to three times weekly. For us this meant more therapy and expenses and alot of waiting. We were not given any definitive answers in regards to the boys potentials just told that they would walk in some form by the age of 5years.

Now Donovan and Avery are 2 1/2 years old and full of life. Despite the many obstacles stacked against them they continue to reach for the stars. They are able to get around by using Walkers and they tend to use their arms to get into things that their feet cant.

We have caught them assisting each other to get on top of the table on chairs etc. We are overjoyed to see them functioning the way they do but realize that they need so much more therapy to achieve independence.

They cannot dress or undress them selves they require total care when it comes to bathing and still are in diapers.. They cannot sit appropriately with their legs in front of them unless they are placed that way by someone. Through their entire short lives they have endured hours of therapy speech, physical, and occupational. We have made sure they received it at any cost to us even when our insurance exhausts. Currently our insurance covers 6-7 months of conventional therapy meaning 1-1/12 hours a week of each of the above therapies the rest is out of pocket for us at roughly 35,000-40,000 dollars annually.

Recently we noticed that despite all of the sacrifices Donovan s leg was turning inward and his posture was getting worse and his brother Avery was overall weaker and not making advances as we expected. Conventional therapy was just not enough thus I did alot of research and was lead to therapies 4 kids for intensive pediatric therasuit therapy.

We decided that conventional therapy was not enough to correct and or prevent other complications in regards to the boys physical capabilities. So we utilized the last of our savings and credit to pay for one month of intensive physical therapy at THERAPIES4KIDS. We were astounded by the results and dismayed at the same time knowing we would not be able to continue this therapy for our sons due to lack of additional finances. At Therapies4kids, I felt the therapists loved my sons, It made me so comfortable and optimistic to see them working hard and making sure my Twins were safe.

My sons had never been able to get out of their car seat when the belt was unlatched and after two short weeks in intensive therapy they could. My son Donovans leg was not twisting inward as before and his posture had improved dramatically.

Even the therapists that had been treating the boys since they were born noticed the dramatic change and commented on the increased muscle strength, increased endurance for therapy and improved posture in both of our sons.

I do hope someone out there is able to assist my little miracles in achieving as much independence as possible they deserve a chance to be as functional as possible. It breaks my heart to know that there is a therapy that can help them make amazing strides but I can not afford it especially due to the fact that both the boys need it. We know this therapy works and we hope to be able to do it again at least 4 times a Year.

Fabio Il nostro piccolo Fabio è nato nel settembre 2004 con una grave cardiomiopatia ipertrofica ostruttiva: ha subito diversi interventi a cuore chiuso con cateterismo e un primo intervento a cuore aperto all'età di sei mesi con l'asportazione della valvola polmonare. La sua è stata una vita complicata, perchè comunque le problematiche respiratorie lo portavano ad essere spesso ricoverato in ospedale. Nonostante tutto, nonostante fosse sempre piccolino e debole e trascorresse sempre parecchio tempo in ospedale, in una situazione che non è sicuramente la più ottimale per un bambino, non avendo nessun problema neurologico era riuscito a raggiungere tutte le tappe motorie. Nel novembre del 2006 il cuore ha avuto un improvviso peggioramento e Fabio è stato sottoposto ad un nuovo e complesso intervento eseguito dalle equipe di cardiochirurgia pediatrica di Torino e di Bergamo: nonostante la difficoltà l'intervento è riuscito, ma la situazione si è aggravata due giorni dopo, quando si è verificata un'ischemia cerebrale bilaterale a livello dei nuclei della base. Fabio era vivo, ma non era più il nostro piccino. Ha perso tutto: non seguiva con gli occhi, non era in grado di utilizzare la bocca per alimentarsi, non era presente nessun movimento attivo, non sembrava avere nessuna relazione con il mondo. Abbiamo incominciato a lavorare, con quarantacinque minuti di fisioterapia per due giorni alla settimana; con la logopedia abbiamo avuto maggiori problemi finchè, un anno dopo, abbiamo trovato una bravissima logopedista che utilizza la metodica americana chiamata Oral Motor Therapy e abbiamo gradualmente recuperato l'alimentazione. Sedici mesi dopo Fabullo era perfettamente presente e orientato nello spazio e nel tempo, riconosceva luoghi, colori, persone e situazioni; il lato destro si muoveva sempre meglio, con fatica riusciva a portare il cibo alla bocca e indicava tutto ciò che gli interessava. Insomma, la situazione era nettamente in evoluzione, ma ci sembrava che avrebbe avuto bisogno di lavorare di più, soprattutto sul lato sinistro, dove la spalla era sublussata e molto rigida per la scarsa mobilizzazione. Abbiamo cominciato ad interessarci alla terapia iperbarica, però volevamo assolutamente che fosse abbinata ad un buon programma di fisioterapia. E abbiamo quindi conosciuto il Therapies4kids: abbiamo preso contatti, nell'estate 2008 siamo andati a vederlo e abbiamo deciso di tentare. Abbiamo incominciato a lavorare il 20 ottobre 2008 con Annie e avevamo progettato di rimanere per tre mesi; con un programma di quattro ore al giorno abbinato alla logopedia (la stessa metodica che Fabullo utilizzava in Italia!) e al trattamento cranio sacrale a metà gennaio Fabio aveva fatto degli evidenti cambiamenti, per cui abbiamo deciso di prolungare la nostra permanenza in Florida di altri tre mesi. Fabio ha lavorato appunto quattro ore al giorno per periodi di tre settimane, seguiti da periodi di mantenimento di sei ore settimanali per due settimane. La prima cosa evidente è stata che il bambino tollerava benissimo le sedute di terapia, apprezzandole e divertendosi: ne siamo stati felici, considerato che venivamo da un'impostazione culturale che propone tempi brevissimi di trattamento con la pretesa che fare di più sarebbe dannoso per il paziente. Ha lavorato utilizzando la metodica della PediaSuit, una tutina a cui vengono collegati molti elastici che permettono di facilitare o inibire le azioni dei vari gruppi muscolari, ovviamente in seguito ad un'attenta e continua valutazione del paziente. In questo modo può anche essere posizionato nella "gabbia" tramite elastici che possono facilitare e indirizzare tutte le posizioni antigravitarie. Questo permette di lavorare ulteriormente sul controllo attivo e sull'equilibrio, con l'ausilio anche di palloni, rulli e di tutte le situazioni che permettono di far giocare e stimolare il bambino. Dopo sei mesi Fabio è ancora più presente e attento; il lato destro ha avuto un importante miglioramento, al punto di riuscire ad utilizzare da solo la forchetta e la gamba destra, se sostenuto, riesce a compiere dei bei passi lunghi con uno schema corretto. Il braccio sinistro è più morbido, la spalla è mobilizzabile senza dolore e ha incominciato a fare qualche passo con la gamba sinistra: i suoi tentativi sono continui, nonostante la grande fatica. E' diventato evidente che il lato sinistro non ha ancora un controllo motorio, ma sicuramente ora esiste, lo percepisce e tenta di usarlo. Riesce a rotolare su entrambi i fianchi e a portarsi prono. La posizione seduta è migliorata tantissimo, è compromessa dallo scarso controllo del tronco a sinistra, ma sta evolvendo in maniera positiva. Dal punto di vista logopedico, l'alimentazione è perfetta e completa sia per i solidi che per i liquidi; ha imparato a soffiare e stanno aumentando i suoni e le sillabe. Abbiamo il progetto di tornare in Florida in autunno, perchè crediamo che sia una grande possibilità da offrire al nostro bambino. Il rapporto con la fisioterapista è stato davvero speciale e questa è un'altra delle cose che ci ha spinto a prendere questa decisione. Angela Aimo

D'lany - August/2007 - Testimonial:

Browsing the internet one day I came accross this website called "Therapies4kids.com" out of curiosity I decided to call the number to get more information. It was then and there when my journey began and my hopes came alive.

I spoke with Eileen and Leo (owners) and they gave me all the ins and outs of the program. With great hopes big dreams and no money I made a promise to get there.

In August 2006, we arrived at Therapies 4 Kids. My son at the time was 1 year old and was not able to sit, crawl, walk, talk or anything of the sort a normal 1 year old would do. He was even unable to reach or grab for objects, much less hold his own bottle.

After 3 weeks at Therapies 4 Kids in conjunction with Hyberbaric Center, my son was able to grab and reach for objects, sit on his own, had better control and balance, he was more alert and aware of his surroundings and all together a different child.

Much thanks to Therapies 4 Kids and all their therapists as well as the crew at Ocean Hyperbarics Center. You guys made a difference in our lives, but it doesn't stop there we have to keep it going.

Bernadette Clarke Daniel.

Ashley - July/2007 - Testimonial:

Therapies 4 Kids is a great program for children with disabilities. Everyone is very positive and really see the potential in each child.

My daughter Ashley is 5 and has Cerebral Palsy. Her strength has increased and she is much more vocal than before. As parents we don�t want to see our children uncomfortable or crying, but I can tell you without a doubt they need to work hard to achieve their goals. The therapists are wonderful.

In August 2006, we arrived at Therapies 4 Kids. My son at the time was 1 year old and was not able to sit, crawl, walk, talk or anything of the sort a normal 1 year old would do. He was even unable to reach or grab for objects, much less hold his own bottle.

They will not allow these children to give up or quit. This is a very important lesson not only for the children, but also for the parents. Sometimes all you need is hope and perseverance.

Kim Branker

Beverly-Ann - January/2007 - Testimonial:

1988 Christmas was very early for me, December 1st.

I had my beautiful baby girl, the joy of my life, fall term, weight was over 9lbs. I just looked at her and I called her faith, I had waited so long for her. I named her Beverly-Ann. Growth and development was normal, walking at 8 months, Beverly-Ann was very active at home and else where. At age 5, she song "I believe the children are our future" to a large church group, she also loved to talk. August of 1997, she presented a short sermon in church to a standing crownd. The year of 1998 standed very good for Beverly-Ann, she graduated from 4th grade to the 5th grade in September. In early August, myself, my mother, Beverly-Ann and a group from the church went on a trip to the Bahamas, where she was critically injured in a near drowning accident. She was pushed to doctor's hospital where she was admitted on ventilatory support.

She was air lifted to the United States. Beverly-Ann is very strong she remains in a coma a very long time. God has kept her alive along with good medical and nursing. However, she requires skilled nursing 24/7 for ADL and needs, she has a feed Peg. Beverly-Ann has been receiving HBOT, since starting we have notice some change. She is more alert, moves her extremities a lot more. She also receives especial therapy from Therapies 4 kids with this therapy she is more able to hold her head upright longer, we are presently seeing on her been able to sit up.

Beverly-Ann has come a long way, she has a long way to go, with God mercy. Without her continued HBOT and intensive therapy she will not improve further.

We need your prayers and your support it will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

God Bless.

Katie - March/2007 - Testimonial:

We brought our daughter Katie to Therapies 4 Kids after learning about it while researching Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments. Katie was approximately 2.5 years old when we decided to pursue oxygen therapy and intense physio and occupational therapy with the hopes that the two might help with Katie�s spastic dyplegia (CP). Katie was diagnosed at about one year of age although she did start working with a physio therapist at 6 months.

Although Katie has always learned a lot by watching her typically developing twin Emily, she was clearly behind with her abilities. Katie was unable to sit independently without falling over; she was not walking and doing limited crawling because she has never liked "tummy time".

We weren�t sure what to expect but after talking with Eileen we were very hopefully that Katie would do well and gain new skills and abilities.

Katie has always been very bright and engaged and very happy, however after the first day or two of her therapy work we knew she was upset because everything was new to her and we were afraid the process might not work.

Chrissy and Ileana who were working with Katie suggested that it might be worth a try for us to sit in the waiting area where Katie couldn�t see us.This was a great idea because Katie then really focused on what she was doing and not on mommy and daddy.

Katie would spend an hour on the weight station using both her arms and legs. We were amazed that after a few weeks you could see her newly developed biceps and quadriceps. Katie was clearly stronger and developing more stamina.

She has always loved to be on her feet and standing or walking but she was able to take better steps and work in longer sessions as a result of her developing strength. Kate was also wearing the PediaSuit during part of her therapy and you could easily see her improvement with it each day. She went from being unable to sit on her own to sitting for five, then ten and then fifteen minutes independently while using her hands to play with toys.

If, during her sitting, Katie started to fall she would simply put her hand down to stabilize herself. This was huge progress and we were so pleased but what was even better is that Katie was clearly thrilled with her new abilities!

My husband and I and our nanny would take turns spending the afternoon in the waiting area while Katie worked with Chrissy and Ileana. During the first week she would cry as we walked into the Therapies 4 Kids clinic but by the second week she was happy to go and would reach for Chrissy or Ileana as soon as she saw them � she wanted to play with them!

During the third week when Katie would get a fifteen minute break for a snack she would stop eating her snack after a few minutes (which is unheard-of for her normally) and start motioning to where Chrissy and Ileana were, she wanted to get back to work with them!! After four weeks of oxygen therapy and four weeks of work with Therapies 4 Kids we came back home to Toronto.

We were amazed to see that Katie continued to improve and all of the professionals who work with her regularly were amazed (teachers, physio therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist etc.). Katie seemed even more alert once we got home and was starting to babble more and practice her newfound skills. We�ve now been home for more than two months and Katie continues to improve.

We have already decided that we will return to the oxygen clinic and to Therapies 4 Kids again next year, it was truly a worthwhile experience on so many levels. Every day when we�d arrive to pick Katie up (and which ever one of us had spent the afternoon with her) we�d also bring our daughter Emily. The team at Therapies 4 Kids made a real effort to include Emily and let her get involved with what Katie was doing, this was so important so that Emily didn�t feel left out.

We really appreciate all that Eileen and her team did with and for Katie, the results are obvious and we look forward to returning next year. I�ve referred a number of people to Therapies 4 Kids � what a great place for your child to grow and develop new skills and a stronger self esteem!

Clemente, July/2006 to January 2007

We are Giusi and Enzo Gagliardi from Napoli, Italy

We've been married for 5 years and we have two children. Our first son, Clemente who is now 4 years old showed at 4 months old that he wasn't like the other children his age, he wouldn't follow any moving objects with his eyes, he wouldn't hold his head up, he wouldn't show any kind of interest about anything around him, he wouldn't laugh as well. We thought it was a vision problem. As months went by he started to present critical characteristics of apnea, hypotonicity and he used to turn pale, blue and lost conscience. From that moment with so many medical investigations, Clemente's pathologies were emerged. He was hospitalized many times, first in Napoli and then in Siena in a special facility for children with seizure disorders, but the episodes of severe concussions just increased in frequency and initiated the administration of different anti-seizures with diagnosis such as: Infant Spasm Syndrome, Severe Developmental Delay.

After two years of genetic and metabolic investigations and a lot of physical therapy, Clemente's improvements were almost none. He couldn't hold himself up, he expressed himself with minimum sounds, he wasn't interested in any games or toys and what caused it were the seizure control medicine, very invasive. He used to sleep all the time. Because of the food, substances and the medicine he ingested caused him a strong allergy and a severe dermatitis. We had seen many specialists in different parts of Italy and finally in April of this year (2006), we found Dr. Gaudenzio Garozzo, orthopedist, specialized in traditional Chinese Medicine, he was treating Clemente to decrease progressively the ingestion of medicine that inhibited his brain growth. The same doctor looked upon the possibility of recovery of accumulated delay with Hyperbaric Therapy combined with an intensive rehabilitation activity at specialized center in at the Ocean Hyperbaric Neurological Center Therapies 4 Kids in Florida. There we were welcomed by Dr Neubauer and the Therapists at Therapies 4 Kids and able to get help for our son having a fast recover of his motor skills.

We arrived in Florida last July 16th/2006, accompanied by Dr. Garozzo and another 3 Italian families. In this period with the suspension of the seizure medicine and all the stimulations received from intensive therapy, Clemente looks like a different child, his motor skills are a lot more coordinated, he is a lot more interested in the environment around him, he tries to interact with games and reacts when stimulated. At home , on the floor he succeeds when walking by himself, interacting with objects around him. He started to chew the food he eats, and is now in Intensive Speech Therapy too where he started to vocalize more sounds.

We will leave Dr Neubauer and Therapies 4 kids Center in Florida in late January but we are already making plans to return in the 2007 Summer.

Haifa Alremaih � July � August 2005

Haifa was born on Dec. 25th �2001 after a 29-week difficult pregnancy called twin to twin transfusion. Unfortunately, it took us 7 months to find out that she has a Cerebral Palsy and we spent 2 years after that taking the traditional physical therapy. Since we are from Saudi Arabia, we looked first to Europe for help. So, we took her to the Czech Republic and Germany, but that was not helpful. Until she was 2 year and 7 months, Haifa was only capable of rolling over to one side with hands under her tummy. We kept looking for a better ways to improve her condition, Until, by luck only, a Saudi neurologist suggested that we treat her at Hyperbaric Oxygen at Ocean Hyperbaric Center in Ft Lauderdale. When we started the treatment, Dr. Neubauer told us that in order to get the maximum benefit from HBO, Haifa must take Intensive Physical therapy using the therasuit Method. Thank God we did, it worked magic for Haifa

In the summer of 2004 she took a 3-week session and 58 HBO sessions, and in the summer of 2005 she took 2 sessions for total of 6 weeks at Therapies4Kids and 35 HBO sessions. Hiafa�s improvement within that period was so amazing that she was considered for a case study at the Disabled Children Association in Saudi Arabia

We even bought a suit to use it back home since we only get the chance to be in The USA during the summer. Now, she can roll over to both sides, go around the room with rolling and crawling on her elbows, and swallowing has improved. At Therapies 4 Kids, the professional team is in control and aware of both their duties and their patient�s needs including learning a few Arabic words to help communicate with Haifa. We are very happy to have found this friendly environment to treat our daughter, and we are planning to go there as often as we can.

Thanks,

Alremaih

Family McKenzie - September 2005

McKenzie

Eileen,

My daughter McKenzie has a rare disease called Mitochondria. Before starting the intensive therapy program, McKenzie had such low muscle tone. She would not bear weight on her legs, nor could she bear weight on her arms for any length of time. So far with only 6 days of intensive therapy McKenzie was able to sit up for the first time by herself for over 4 minutes. She is now able to bear weight on her legs and her head control is much better! In such a short time we have seen tremendous results and we are very excited about the improvement she will continue to make due to this therapy program at Therapies 4 Kids.
Tammy, Georgia

Braedon - February 2005 and July 2005

Hey Eileen!

Braeden has attended therapy sessions  for a total of 5 weeks at Therapy4Kids.  Braeden was unable to sit up or roll over or walk. Since his last therapy session, Braeden is now sitting up stronger without holding on, rolling over and now trying to push up with his hands while on his knees.  When I am holding him and he senses that he's falling, he will quickly grab onto me. Before, he totally unaware of his surroundings and would just topple over.  He is making wonderful progress.

I hope things work out and i will be able to see you guys again before the year's out.  if not i will definitely be back at the beginning of next year.

Luv,

Bridgette

Ryan - April 2005

I wanted to thank Therapies 4 Kids for the dramatic improvement in my son Ryan, 18 months old,  who suffered a stroke in utero with right sided hemiparesis.  With weeks of traditional therapy Ryan still chose not to use his right side.  After intense training with Michelle,  he now uses his right side to assist in picking himself up and transferring toys back and forth as well as feeding himself.  He is walking with confidence and strength.  She truly taught him the necessary steps to function independently in everyday life.  This clinics wonderful owner Eileen is truly compassionate to her clients and I thank her for this.  As a result of his weeks there, his physiatrist today told us he did not need his AFO anymore.  This place is truly a blessing and one my family would highly recommend. 

All our love, Mary, Tim, Ryan and Patrick

Ella