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Watch out or he'll roll you down! That's the way it feels to watch little Logan (who is 3 years old) get around his home. He rolls to get where he wants to go, and he is quick.
Logan has not hit the developmental stages that most children do by his age -- he is not walking or talking. Yet his mom, Kristin, is thrilled with the progress he has made, especially after doctors
offered little hope for the child born almost three months premature with serious problems.
"They basically sent him home to die," Kristin said. "It was extremely hard to think that when you go to sleep at night you might not wake up to your child in the morning."
While still an infant, Logan entered Mosaic's Early Intervention Program. His Mosaic instructor, Regina, taught Logan through play therapy. It wasn't easy. During those first months, when most parents get to hold and cuddle their newborn, Logan rejected any human touch. He would gag, turn red and get sick.
"He didn't want anyone to touch him," Logan's mom, Kristin, said. "He didn't want you to touch his face, to touch his hand. All his first nurse worked on was holding him without him getting sick."
Regina, the Mosaic instructor, worked to help Logan gain muscle tone, endlessly moving his arms and legs up and down. When he was able, she also helped bring in physical, speech, and occupational therapists for Logan, and she was a great support for Logan's mom, Kristin.
"Regina is very positive," Kristin said. "As a parent, sometimes you have bad days when you think you can't do this anymore and she is very good at helping lift your spirits back up and redirecting you on the right path."
In several Mosaic locations across the country, Mosaic Early Intervention professionals like Regina help children with disabilities reach goals that would never happen without our help. As a partner with Mosaic through your gifts, you share in every success these children make. Your gift today that will help continue offering these opportunities for children who need them.
You should see how active and attentive Logan has become. He still has work to do on muscle tone, but he is able to sit tall and spin around when his attention moves to something new. He picks up toys and throws little balls, an amazing achievement for him. He also communicates, even though doctors say he cannot hear and he does not talk. He loves to laugh and it warms your heart to see him thump his chest twice with his toddler fist -- that means "I love you."
If you were with him, he also would expect you to play along in a game of Logan Says. He'll wave, or thump his chest, and then, one-by-one, look at every person in the room waiting for them to follow. He is a happy little boy.
It is still a challenge for Kristin, however, because Logan requires quite a bit of regular nursing care. His food comes through a tube and he receives breathing treatments every day. Twice a day he wears a vest that vibrates to keep his chest clear (this 20-minute treatment seems to relax him greatly). He uses oxygen every night and wears a colostomy bag. But Kristin has high hopes for her son.
"I'd like for him to talk and walk," she said. "I probably won't once he does it because he'll be into everything."
At Mosaic, we hope Logan will be able one day to pester his mom that way! Your support can help make it happen. Your gift to Mosaic will help Logan, and other children who need help early in life, achieve great things.
Thank you for your partnership with Mosaic.
