Carter's Story

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This blog is a look into the life of our nearly six year old little boy, Carter. When I was just six months pregnant, an ultrasound detected that Carter's brain was missing its corpus callosum and he also had hydrocephalus. Doctors even told us that our little boy may not walk, talk, etc... but abortion was never a choice for us because we firmly believe that God does not make junk. We look at Carter now and praise God for the miracle he is! Carter loves to play, and he CAN walk and talk! Carter is continually proving himself to us, to our families and to his teachers. I have been priveleged to be able to stay home with Carter, Camden and Elliana since November of 2006 when Carter was born. I am so thankful I am here to hold his hand and face his challenges right along side of him. A mother's love only grows, this I know. Some days may be challenging but always worth it at the end of the day.

Carter

Carter
Born November 20, 2006

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Different...not better but different


I can definitely say that I am not used to my little Camden pulling himself up so early and also crawling...This very same task wasnt accomplished for my Carter until he was roughly 13-14 months...perhaps even a little later than that for full blown crawling (Carter army crawled for quite some time!)...I watch how naturally it is coming to Camden to crawl and pull himself up to things..his strength..Its just different, not better but different. Carter has always had to work a little harder to get to the same place or get the same results. And because of this, Carter is one persistant determined little man! I pray daily that as life goes for Carter that his mobility will get easier and easier..and I do think it will. I want him to just go- without giving it much thought. If any of you out there have any questions about Carter, I want you to know that I welcome them, in reason. Carter's diagnosis is Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, meaning he is missing the middle part of his brain. This middle part is what communicates between the left half and right half of the brain. It was something that I had never heard of before my pregnancy with Carter. It was then described to me as a road. Lets say you and I take the interstate to get from point A to point B..Well, Carter's brain would have to take a gravel road..his trip may be a little more bumpy but all and all he gets to his destination..and once he does...his brain will pave that gravel road...and walla! its a blacktop..He IS learning and that is what is important! It is so encouraging to watch him learn too. He can count to 20, he knows his ABC's, he loves MUSIC..I definitely think that music is going to be a part of his life going forth! He is constantly singing song after song..Even songs that I dont think he knows, he proves me wrong and blurts the words out to me!
Again, I welcome questions. The point of this blog is to bring awareness to ACC and what we face daily.

2 comments:

  1. What a great picture of the boys!

    I love this blog and I love your discription of ACC with the paved roads... So good. Can't wait to see you soon!

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  2. I agree - this is a very good description. I think God's given you have such an important story to share, especially to other moms. I hope you keep blogging - often! :)

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