New Blog: Smiles for Ceci "While Rett has changed her life and our life as a family, it hasn’t changed the wonderful little girl Ceci is and always would be with or without Rett. She’s present and knows far more than she is able to communicate to us. She is smart, sharp, and has her own little sense of humor. Being a parent to a child with Rett Syndrome is a unique challenge. The simple things we take for granted like being able to dress oneself, use the restroom, bathe, walk, talk, get her up and down stairs, etc. are all things we constantly need to help Ceci do. Short of medical breakthroughs, she will need this support her whole life. Some of the biggest challenges are working to keep her engaged in everything we do with our family and staying on top of her therapies, to name a few. With 3 other siblings, it’s a challenge to make sure we engage Ceci in the activities that our neurotypical kids can do. Working to make sure our other kids can learn and understand what Ceci deals with is an ongoing education. The MRA app is most helpful for us for the journal section. It allows us to keep track of Ceci’s Bowel habits, health updates, behavior and her medication schedule. It was particularly helpful in the last month when we had traveled over a weekend and we lost track of who gave her her medicine and when. It was just nice to be able to look back and know when and where we did it to avoid over or under dosage, which could be bad for Ceci." -Brien Gearin Dad and Caregiver Click the link to read the full blog post #raredisease #rettsyndrome #caregiver #healthtech #digitalhealth
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