The CP Diary

I have always believed that being born 6 weeks premature would lead to complications with respiratory malfunctions such as reflux.

My thoughts have been confirmed by a study, which was carried out at the University of Illinois in Chicago.  The study concluded that babies delivered from between 34-37 weeks would be more susceptible to risks of respiratory complications than those babies delivered from 38-40 weeks gestation. The study went on to conclude that with every week of advancing gestation the risk for respiratory illness would be reduced …

In March 2009 I finally got a diagnosis on my childhood problems, being diagnosed with cerebral palsy. I wanted to know more about how I got to have it in the first place, a starting point on my journey. Shortly after that I went to see a Neurologist who agreed to write to the hospital where I was born to see if there were any facts or information that would tell me more.

I know that I had a stroke. I am more than convinced that the stroke happened whilst I was being born, because my twin was born 57 minutes before me. She also weighed less than …

A close friend of mine gave me this thought, which I want to share with you.

Imagine how difficult it would be to run backwards, that would be the same for those of us with CP trying to move forward. The more we try and concentrate the slower our brains work. My brain periodically switches off like a light bulb, then I have to rest. It always has done, but only now does it make complete sense. I never understood it back then.

On the out-set, apart from the physical signs associated with cerebral palsy, to the untrained eye we look and think …

My name is Jesse.  I was floating around in the cemetery earlier today.  I should do that more often.  It’s fun to bounce from stone to stone, seeing where some of my friends are buried.  I laughed and laughed at the dreadful things that were written on their stones.  I am absolutely sure that they were never consulted about what would be written on their grave markers.  Rest in Peace; Loving father, brother, husband, son.  Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah.  Decorated with pretty little angles and crap. I didn’t laugh with my angelic celestial …