March for Babies

Readers,

I look at Tyse every day and I think how did this happen to him. He is too cute to have Cerebral Palsy. He should be walking right now. He should be talking and handed me toys. I should be running around the house chasing him from one room to the other. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. The dreams we once had changed within a matter of minutes and though it will take me a long time to understand. I still have to face reality. I can think of at least ten products to design to help babies like Tyse live a somewhat normal life. My life would be easier if restaurants carried highchairs that reclined with a high back or if carts at the grocery store would recline with a high back. I could go shopping and go out to eat without worrying what am I going to do with Tyse. It would make my life a lot easier. Tyse would be happy to sit up and look around. I wouldn't have to deal with the attention of everyone looking at me carrying a highchair in to the restaurant wondering why I am not using theirs.

I think everyday, what can I do to help Tyse? How can I make his future better? How can I help the parents in the future who will have children with Cerebral Palsy? I will constantly be saying these questions to myself every day. It would be a lot easier if Cerebral Palsy was cured, but it will probably be a long time before we see that discovery. I have emailed products and I have already let them know that their product worked or how to modifty it, or I have an idea. I have only heard one response from one company but that does not mean I'm going to give up. I need to keep trying until they hear me. If I can make someone else's life in the future easier, then I'm going to do because I have been there.

March of Dimes is doing something for me. I copied this from the March of Dimes Website:

The March of Dimes supports a number of grants on prenatal brain development and factors that may disrupt it. For example, one grantee is studying how developing nerve cells in the fetal brain respond to prolonged oxygen deprivation. This can improve understanding of how lack of oxygen before or around the time of birth can injure the developing brain and how such brain injuries can be prevented or treated.

Cerebral Palsy is caused by lack of oxygen. I started a team called, "Tyse's Team" It's a very catchy name, but I couldn't think of anything else. Here is the website: http://www.marchforbabies.org/501794.

If you are interested in joining Tyse's Team then email me. If you are interested in sponsoring me then please visit the website above.

Thank you for taking your time on reading this message from Tyse's Mommy! You can also forward this to family and friends.

Love,

Tyse and Jennifer