Blaize CP story

 My name is Gertrude Mso Njiru.. Mother to two boys, Brighton 8yrs and Blaize 4yrs..  

*Champs profile* 

Name: Blaize

Age: 4yrs

Milestones: Smiling and laughing 😘

Cause of CP: prolonged labour.

So my story is no different from what I have read here.. Blaize is my second born..

I had a smooth pregnancy, attended 6 monthly clinics, so you can tell I started them early enough, had ultrasound at 6months and at 2days to delivery and everything was fine.. I didn't expect to have a difficult labour since it was sail-through with my my first born..

I went into labour on a Wednesday, at around 10am, I delayed a little bit so I don't have to wait long at the hospital.. I leave home for the hospital over 50kms away at around 1pm, I'm admitted at around 5pm with 4cm dilation.. I dance to the labour pains all night long and all day long, what made matters worse was being induced and I was already in labour 😭.. I gave birth at 9:30pm after over 35hrs in labour, my baby didn't cry, his apgar score was 4:5:6 and his diagnosis was severe birth asphyxia.. He never suckled too.. I never knew what I was up against when I left the hospital, I thought after the three weeks at the hospital, my baby would grow "normally" but no. At 6weeks a doc advised that I should take my baby to a paediatrician failure to which he(baby) will be a cabbage 🙆.. I obeyed, took the baby to a paed and i was advised to book him for therapy immediately which I did and we still attend therapy todate... 

It hasn't been an easy journey especially mentally.. I sometimes have episodes of self blame, hatred, denial, sadness but above all his smiles give me a reason to bounce back to reality and rejoice for God's grace is sufficient.. Acceptance is a journey, one step at a time... The hardest part in this journey is recurring pneumonia attacks, convulsions and poor feeding... I would advise every parent with a special needs child to join a support group, it helps one cope otherwise you would think you are alone but no, we are many..