choice‚ but the experiences I have had with nurses is what made me feel the desire of becoming a nurse. No one understands what a nurse actually does until you or a family member becomes a patient. I started to gain interest when my sister with Cerebral Palsy kept getting hospitalized for different complications such as chronic pancreatitis and gastrointestinal complications. During her stays at the hospital I got the privilege to meet many bright nurses who made the biggest difference in not only
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Ma Antoinette B. Rios Weekly Assignments: Week 2: Movie Review MY LEFT FOOT… March 15‚ 2013 True to life story of Christy Brown‚ who was born June 5‚ 1932 in Crumlin‚ Ireland diagnosed and suffered cerebral palsy‚ condemned by people and assumed to be confined in the convalescent for fear that the family‚ would not be able to care for him. Instead Christy’s parents took and cared for him at home‚ not only accepted him as normal boy but as part of the family. Inspired by this‚ He grew up
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The Themes of My Left Foot Cerebral Palsy "When I hear somebody sigh‚ ’Life is hard‚’ I am always tempted to ask‚ ’Compared to what?’" -Sydney Harris One of the themes in My Left Foot is Christy Brown’s struggles with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a disease that is caused from birth. Premature babies are most at risk for the disease‚ and most that are born with it do not cry in the first five minutes of birth unlike normal babies. The cause of the disease is still unknown like many "birth
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Autobiography‚ “The Letter A” by Christy Brown‚ He shares a turning point in his personal life starting as a newborn in the Rotunda Hospital on June 15‚ 1932. After going through difficult struggle in Brown’s life‚ He was pronounced that he has cerebral palsy and was not normal like the rest of the other human beings; however‚ the only person to believe that there was a chance for him to be like the rest of the others were his mother. She was very persistent that Brown was able to be the same like
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deformities that I’ve never even heard of. All of it has to do with the brain development mainly. If something were to go wrong with you and it could be just a small little incident that occurs with your brain then it goes all down hill from there. Cerebral Palsy appears in infancy to early childhood and permanently affects the body movement and muscles‚ but it doesn’t worse over time. Some people think that this deformity is caused by problems of the muscle or nerves‚ but it’s not. It is actually caused
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1st Guest Speaker 1:25 – 2:10 Lecture on Cerebral Palsy : Medical Perspective By Dr. Annah Rebecca V. Doroja‚ DPPS‚ FPSDBP 2:10 – 2:20 Open Forum 2:20 – 2:30 Synthesis of the Discussion 2:30 – 2:35 Awarding of Plaque and Token of Appreciation By Mrs. Melanie Joy Bustamante‚ RN and Ms. Julie Vira Chua 2:35 – 2:45 Intermission No. 1 2:45 – 2:50 Introduction of 2nd Guest Speaker 2:50 – 3:35 Lecture on Therapies Available for Cerebral Palsy By Mr. John Teodoro‚ PTRP‚ RN 3:35 – 3:45
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family impact on his life? Christy Brown was born in 1932. He was one of 22 children born into a large‚ poor Irish family; he was one of the thirteen that were able to survive. He was different to his other siblings because he was born with cerebral palsy and was unable to control his speech or his movement‚ apart from his left foot. He used his left foot to communicate with his family‚ and also used it to paint and type. It gave him a lot of confidence and joy in his life. At the time when
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This book is an autobiography of a boy‚ called Christy Brown‚ with cerebral palsy. This book explains his hard childhood life and how he discovers his incredible skill of drawing and writing with his left foot. This book follows his life until the age of 22. Christy is the main character. He is a child living in Dublin‚ Ireland with his very large family. He is the 10th child of 22 children. Christy is a character of great intelligence but is not a character with a big sense of humour. Christy Brown
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D and E of GMFM‚ and the PBS scores had all increased significantly between the pre and post-riding tests in comparison to the baseline tests. This study showed that hippotherapy may improve gross motor function and balance in children with Cerebral Palsy. The main limitation of this study was that the researchers did not include a control group‚ (Chang et al.‚
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Diana is a white female who lives in Springfield‚ Illinois with her best friend of 38 years names Kathy. Diana has been diagnosed with Down syndrome‚ while Kathy has severe Cerebral Palsy (Elliott & Pero‚ 2007). Kathy and Diana met in a group home and ever since then they now live a home of their own and serve has a support to one another. Diana and Kathy are known to be a team; everyone knows them as a whole. They are very well known in the community for going out and fighting for their rights as
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