I am desperately seeking some help and I don’t know where to start. My son Odysseus is now a beautiful 2 year old boy, but he can’t walk or really talk yet as to the stroke he had when he was younger. We are busy with physio and occupational therapy to help him with his walking. In February 2015 this year we went back to see a doctor about Odysseus as he was still not walking or talking at the age of almost 2 years old. She referred us to go for some extra test again. As we do not have the money to do so the tests have not been done yet. We tried using the State Hospital (Witbank Hospital) and this was not successful, we waited each time for 5 hours just to see the doctor, we were sent to do a CT scan and my son was given medicine to sleep for the scan, we waited about 4 hours at the CT scan just for someone to come and do the scan and the medicine that was given to Odysseus started to wear off and he started to wake up, the drip was in his hand where they did not properly put it in and the blood started pulling. My son cried so sadly that we just could not put him through that trauma again and we left the hospital without getting any help. I want to ask out of the deepest of my heart if you can maybe help us with a doctor that is willing to help us to do all the necessary tests that has to be done after a child had a stroke. As a mommy I am so scared for something to happen to my child again. I just want clarity on what is in store for us and for his future. Will he lead a normal life, will he start walking soon, will he start speaking soon? Odysseus is such a happy and wonderful child!
