Jonah was born July 26, 2003 in Longmont, CO.  He was a full term baby with no difficulty during pregnancy.  Due to major complications during delivery, Jonah was deprived of oxygen for over 17 minutes.  Jonah was not expected to live 3 days, 3 weeks or 3 years.  He went home on a hospice basis after 2 1/2 months in the NICU.  With that prognosis, we were sure we had a very rough journey in front of us. 

 

Jonah has experienced and benefited from many diverse methods of therapy, traditional and non-traditional.  But we fell in love with Conductive Education, as did he.  Conductive Learning is a non-traditional method of therapy and way of living.  Jonah started attending the Conductive Center in Grand Rapids, MI in February 2006 and we were impressed with the progress he achieved in a 4 week session, he became more independent, started eating solid foods, he got balance and was also learning from his peers!  He is a very bright boy, although he cannot speak, his progress and motivation to succeed in life inspired us to send Jonah a full school year in Michigan and skip the traditional therapy and school.  Although it is not a miracle cure for Cerebral Palsy, it is a method of learning that has not just helped Jonah physically but his confidence and independence has been astonishing.  We are extremely excited that Colorado now has a center where Jonah can call his home school and look forward to new peers and a bright future.