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Snapping Out of Paralysis
Posted 01-31-2010 at 02:18 PM by Sandra Bostwick
Updated 02-04-2010 at 04:01 PM by Sandra Bostwick (try to add photo)
Updated 02-04-2010 at 04:01 PM by Sandra Bostwick (try to add photo)
Today was Baby Karl's first day back to church since the day after Christmas. He was a bright, alert, healthy boy that day. Then on New Year's Eve something did not look right. His quick thinking parents brought him right to the hospital where he was soon on a ventilator with tube feeding, completely paralyzed. I mean not able to move a muscle for any functional purpose. Even his internal organs were shut down!
A smart doctor diagnosed him with infant Botulism, most likely from something in the air someplace, and ordered this special vaccine called BabyBig, which had to be flown all the way from California to NJ. We all held our breath and waited.
Finally he got his shot and, like a miracle, everything started to turn around. His crying came back, he was moving, and finally the long awaited poop that told us his insides were working again.
It seems like we blinked our eyes and he was home laughing at his brothers and sister, eating his cereal, and being exactly the same amazing baby that he was before 2010.
Here is some more info about Baby Karl in past blogs.
Baby_Karl
Well, that got me thinking. Here was someone who was TRULY in a state of paralysis. I assume his cognition was intact through the experience, so he was locked in and probably wondering why he was working as hard as he could and nothing was moving.
And that got me to thinking even more...
How can this five month old little angel snap out of papralysis and move on like nothing happened? He isn't spending his time wondering if something like this will happen again. He isn't asking "Why me?" He isn't thinking "Well, there's a week of my life I'll never get back!"
Nope, he just had an event, experienced paralysis, and moved on like nothing happened.
That makes me think of a few "stuck" areas in a few goals or projects that have just not shown much forward motion. They have fallen prey to the spinning wheels phenomena that occurs from a combination of paralysis analysis and confusion. In some ways, like Karl, there was an event or, perhaps, a lack of an event, and my movement became paralyzed.
But COME ON!!!! The events that have left me stuck are NOTHING compared to Karl's life threatening illness!
But, instead of moving on, I start to think about it. I look for a lesson. I try and improve something. I reflect in hopes that I will avoid getting stuck ever again in my life.
And alot of things stay stuck!
OK, thinking and reflection can have their place, but sometimes you just have to get over it and MOVE!
Just for today, I am going to try and be like Baby Karl. I'm not even going to think about what may have gotten in the way of my movement in the past. I'm just going to MOVE and forget about it.
Just for today.
Thanks for the lesson, Karl!
And here is some info on infant Botulism.
http://www.infantbotulism.org/
Here is Baby Karl. Isn't he cute?
A smart doctor diagnosed him with infant Botulism, most likely from something in the air someplace, and ordered this special vaccine called BabyBig, which had to be flown all the way from California to NJ. We all held our breath and waited.
Finally he got his shot and, like a miracle, everything started to turn around. His crying came back, he was moving, and finally the long awaited poop that told us his insides were working again.
It seems like we blinked our eyes and he was home laughing at his brothers and sister, eating his cereal, and being exactly the same amazing baby that he was before 2010.
Here is some more info about Baby Karl in past blogs.
Baby_Karl
Well, that got me thinking. Here was someone who was TRULY in a state of paralysis. I assume his cognition was intact through the experience, so he was locked in and probably wondering why he was working as hard as he could and nothing was moving.
And that got me to thinking even more...
How can this five month old little angel snap out of papralysis and move on like nothing happened? He isn't spending his time wondering if something like this will happen again. He isn't asking "Why me?" He isn't thinking "Well, there's a week of my life I'll never get back!"
Nope, he just had an event, experienced paralysis, and moved on like nothing happened.
That makes me think of a few "stuck" areas in a few goals or projects that have just not shown much forward motion. They have fallen prey to the spinning wheels phenomena that occurs from a combination of paralysis analysis and confusion. In some ways, like Karl, there was an event or, perhaps, a lack of an event, and my movement became paralyzed.
But COME ON!!!! The events that have left me stuck are NOTHING compared to Karl's life threatening illness!
But, instead of moving on, I start to think about it. I look for a lesson. I try and improve something. I reflect in hopes that I will avoid getting stuck ever again in my life.
And alot of things stay stuck!
OK, thinking and reflection can have their place, but sometimes you just have to get over it and MOVE!
Just for today, I am going to try and be like Baby Karl. I'm not even going to think about what may have gotten in the way of my movement in the past. I'm just going to MOVE and forget about it.
Just for today.
Thanks for the lesson, Karl!
And here is some info on infant Botulism.
http://www.infantbotulism.org/
Here is Baby Karl. Isn't he cute?
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Well, first of all...Thank you God for baby Karl's recovery. Sometimes we all get stuck in one form or another... it's the moving on that counts....I was so stuck yesterday, when my FIL (the one who went on the Disney cruise in Sept.) suddenly passed yesterday.... It's been a very long "Stuck" day and a half....Then I realize I was Blessed to have know him and was able to tell him last Tuesday that I was expecting again.... instead of at the "planned" family meeting that was to occur yesterday afternoon!!! - which would have been too late. I'll try to get moving better tomorrow. I love the pic of the baby...it's like "power to the people"... we all need to share the power....0 Pixie Dust
Posted 01-31-2010 at 06:32 PM by orionchika 
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I am so sorry for your loss. Those kinds of surprises can certainly lead to paralysis.
I know there are always so many details to manage. I hope you get through them with as little stress as possible and keep that wonderful positive attitude in the face of the loss.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 01-31-2010 at 06:37 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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Thank you, my friend....0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-01-2010 at 05:52 AM by orionchika
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I know the feeling Orionchika. Amen to Karl.
Yes I been stuck on the floor many times and when I finally figured out away to get back into my chair or get the cell phone I'm ok after that.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-02-2010 at 02:01 AM by TNTWheels
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Todd, how often do you end up stuck on the floor? How long do you end up there before you can get back into your chair? Is there something you are usually doing, like something that makes you lose your balance or lean over too far?
I imagine that being stuck on the floor or, as you mentioned earlier, stuck with the wheel of your chair in a rut, or stuck inside because it is raining is pretty frustrating.
You seem a little like baby Karl, just thinking "OK, I'm moving again" and going on with life. Is that true?0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-02-2010 at 07:47 AM by Sandra Bostwick
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Wow!! what a story about baby Karl. Im so happy that he is alright and that the doctors figured out what was wrong with Karl and could fix the problem.
Thank God that the paralysis was not permenant!!
Oh by the way, my name is Samantha and I am a new member.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-04-2010 at 01:57 PM by Samantha R.
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Isn't that an amazing story? I'm going over to give Karl some hugs and snuggles tonight. That is one little baby that I could never take for granted! I have a more recent photo that I will try to post.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-04-2010 at 03:57 PM by Sandra Bostwick
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"You seem a little like baby Karl, just thinking "OK, I'm moving again" and going on with life. Is that true?"
Well the floor thing was more like slipping down to the floor when I get into my chair from the bed, once I sit up on the bed I try to stand a scoot over to my chair. Sometime the rug for some reason get slippery and I have no traction to push up into my chair when I make a transfer. Then I kneel down on my knees. I can sometime push up and stand again sometime I can't then call my parents. It would be like 10 minutes to an hour or more. Now I have a rubber mat next to the bed where I park my chair. Now I have no problem. About the rain I like it then I don't have to get up and go so early and it make me do other around here. You can say that I'm like a Karl, but almost like Karl I almost pass away twice when I was a baby.
Hi Samantha Welcome to our family at Passporter.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-04-2010 at 08:26 PM by TNTWheels
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So, it sounds like you've figured out the problems that led to falling out of the chair and have taken care of them?
Is it a throw rug that slips, or do your feet slip on a carpet?
I can't imagine how scared your family must have been when you were so sick as a baby.
BTW, I got to play with Baby Karl last night, and he is as healthy as a little boy could be!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-05-2010 at 07:49 AM by Sandra Bostwick
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"....do your feet slip on a carpet?"
my feet slip. Yeah they were but the first time I got sick it was on a naval Base in Japan so I was sorta in good hands, the second one was on the cruise ship coming to the USA and was hospitalize here in Ca. But in 72 at Christmas whatever I had was gone.0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-05-2010 at 12:00 PM by TNTWheels
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thanks for the update on baby Karl... He is just too cute!!!!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-26-2010 at 12:36 PM by orionchika
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You are welcome. It is so great to be able to share good news!0 Pixie Dust
Posted 02-26-2010 at 12:40 PM by Sandra Bostwick
