Friday, June 4, 2010

Matthew's eye surgery

Matthew had surgery on his eyes last Tuesday to correct his strabismus. All went well, he has freaky looking blood in his eyes, but the doctor stated that it will go away in a couple of weeks. He does not seem to be in any pain.



He now is going to pre-school, he has an aid to help keep him safe, and to try and keep him focused. With the exception of initial separation anxiety he is doing very well.

Also, I would like to say happy birthday to my wonderful wife, she is very patient and has relentless dedication to our family. I love you.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Cameron's Facebook page

A family started a facebook page for their son Cameron, who has GLH Syndrome.

The link to the page is:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=112448538791527&v=wall

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

VCTERL-H Syndrome

Interesting; most of us know that rhombencephalosynapsis can occur without having GLH, however, I have thought of Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez Syndrome to be the only known syndrome associated with rhombencephalosynapsis. This abstract (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19057916) states that VACTERL-H may be another associated syndrome. In the old Rooms of Jade forum, I read of some people missing their radius bone, which is one of the abnormalities caused by VCTERL-H. Another symptom of VCTERL-H is hydrocephalus.

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pic 12, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

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pic 9, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

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pic 6, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

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pic 3, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.
Matthew with Monty and Cooper

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pic 2, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.
Matthew with our dog Monty

Friday, January 29, 2010

Matthew 2


Matthew 2, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

Matthew


movie 4, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.
Matthew riding his bike

Matthew Singing


movie 1, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

Matthew singing into the computer video camera. He is fascinated with seeing himself.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Halloween 2009


DSC_8187, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.
He was a bug for halloween this year

Cancun


VID00004, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.
Matthew in Cancun Jan 2010

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DSC_1880, originally uploaded by McCollough Family.

2 year old B-day party


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Updated Pictures


Matthew is doing very well. We had an evaluation from his therapists and they stated that his gross motor skills and cognitive skill are at or above the average for children his age. He is about 4 to 5 months behind in fine motor skills.
He is still having problems with eating and weight gain. He is still very hyper as you will see in the videos.
I will attache videos and update his picture page to show recent pictures.