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.

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

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.

A quick update.

My son entered a study at UC Davis and took several tests, I.Q. test, physical ability, etc. and was ahead of his age group in every category except fine motor skills. Dr. Elliot Sherr stated that he is doing so well that he should be a poster child for Rhomboencephalosynapsis.

He is still having eating issues, and is behind in weight and height, but we consider ourselves very lucky that this condition has not affected his ability to advance both physically and mentally.

Matthew in Palm Springs

Matthew still has balance issues, but is getting much better. It gets worse as he gets tired, and he seems to have problems in new area. We are still having problems getting him to eat. Sometimes he is not interested, sometimes he gags when he eats, and sometimes he gags when we show him food. He is now 22 months and weighs 21 lbs.

Matthew in Palm Springs

He is now walking very well.  Matthew has Gomez Lopez Hernandez Syndrome.