Lewis Jeynes: Some amazing photos of Lew

Friday, September 04, 2009

Some amazing photos of Lew

Sorry its been a while since an update on here. We have been keeping Lewis' facebook fan page up to date as its so much quicker and easier than on here but we really did want to share these amazing photos with everybody who cannot access facebook.

Lewis' head control has improved amazingly since he began on antibiotics around 8 weeks ago. This week I have been practicing Lew's sitting up ability and here are some photos of how well he's doing! Please bear in mind that before he started on the antibiotics, in this position his head would have either fallen backwards with no neck/head control at all, or fallen forward on to his chest. He would not have been able to hold his head up like this at all, and certainly not been able to turn it to the side to look in the mirror on his wardrobe!! Amazing!

3 comments:

Joanne said...: Hi What wonderful news and thanks for sharing these photos.

Lewis clearly has some strength control in his left arm whether he has always had this or not I don't know but if he had none then his arm would be outstretched and it is bent.

When I had problems in my arms with Lyme I would have had difficulty maintaining that postion with left arm.

Whatever his head control is amazing and must help focus your determination with this course of treatment against all the nay sayers in the NHS.

Hopefully some of Lewis' Doctors will take note and put their thinking caps on and look into IDSA review presentations by ILADS doctors.; 4 September 2009 at 16:43
Anonymous said...: When people ask me what improvements I've seen in myself since I started taking antibiotics some months ago, I sometimes think that my ability to stand up a little more than before must sound so trivial to people who haven't had to live with this. From an outsiders perspective my improvements must look so small but I can really relate to your sentiment of how just being able to hold his own head up is as though he's just reached the top of mount everest.

We have many more mountains to climb, but at least now we're better equipped with the right medication to get us to the top. Thanks for the update- I had been wondering how he's getting on:)

H; 5 September 2009 at 00:36
lawsey said...: amazing photos.... so happy for you all :); 9 September 2009 at 19:59

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The Lewis Jeynes Fund was established to provide care and support to Lewis Jeynes and the success of the Fund has meant that we have also been able to purchase specialist equipment for other children with undiagnosed neurologically degenerative conditions in Doncaster and the UK.

Lewis and his friends around the UK all suffer from acute and undiagnosed life limiting or terminal conditions and very often specialist equipment is difficult to afford due to the changed circumstances at home. This is where the Fund can provide vital assistance to those in need. All of the proceeds of the Fund go straight towards helping Lewis, and other children and families like him and us.

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