It has been over six months since the neurologist gave Chloe an old time antidepressant that is known to shrink enlarged nerve endings. The medication caused her to have greater range of motion in her neck and she had better use of her left shoulder and arm. Chloe is able to open her mouth wider then ever before. She is now able to talk about her issues which we complied on a sheet of paper and will take it in to discuss with her Neurologist this week and how we can manage these symptoms better.
She is seeing Molly her fitness trainer to work on getting her arms to work in the space around her body twice weekly. Her self care skills have shown improvement.Our goal is keeping her other skills up while we improve her arm control away from her body and start off with a very part time job. Being in much less pain we have seen her academic skills improve also. We did tell the doctor that we had over 14 issues to discuss with her and she said it appears the medication is doing it's job.
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