Day 28

Seton did really well yesterday and was very relaxed when we were getting his splints made. Now if he will just be relaxed for our nurses that have to put them on 3 - 4 times a day.

Over the next few days we will be praying for a specific area of his brain and the functions it provides. So I have included a drawing of the brain so you can see the specific area.

Today’s prayer request is for his brain, specifically his cerebellum, located at the base of the skull.

The functions of this part of the brain are:

• Coordination of voluntary movement Balance and equilibrium
• Some memory for reflex motor acts

Problems observed when people have injury to that area:

• Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements
• Loss of ability to walk
• Inability to reach out and grab objects
• Tremors. Dizziness (Vertigo)
• Slurred Speech (Scanning Speech)
• Inability to make rapid movements

This is the portion of the brain that the doctors told us was very small or not there; when we did the fetal MRI last January. I believe it is there and God can make it fully functional no matter what size it is.

~Shawna~

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

 ¹ As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ² And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶ Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud ⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

John 9:1-7

Picture and brain information from http://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/brain-function.php