Phillip Wickman, a 14-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy, is one of many children who are trying aquatic therapy as a treatment option for neuromuscular disorders.  While Wickman ordinarily has difficulty controlling his body on land, in the water, he has found success in controlling his limbs and moving about freely.  Like Wickman, children using aquatic therapy as a treatment option enjoy heated special pools where they are able to play games like water basketball—an activity they would not ordinarily be able to participate in outside of the water.

Aquatic therapy has been around for centuries as a homeopathic practice, but in recent years it has grown in popularity as a treatment option, and has even gained acceptance among therapists.  In the case of Wickman, since beginning aquatic therapy, he has shown dramatic improvement in terms of both strength and mobility.  The treatment works because water provides a no-impact workout.  Muscles can be used and strengthened, while the joints are protected.

While treatment options are expanding, Cerebral Palsy is still a serious condition that must be dealt with effectively.  If you or anyone you know are dealing with Cerebral Palsy or any other birth disorder, please contact the birth-injury specialist of the Williams Kherkher law firm, by calling 866.950.9000.

The pain of birth injury is probably too much to handle for expecting parents, even if it is only to consider the thought.  The fact that some babies have to suffer the minute that they are brought into this world seems to be cruel, unusual and unfair.  In honesty, modern medical facilities are not perfect.  Overworked staff members and straining department budget put a limit on just how much some medical professionals can do. 

This was the case with the University of Virginia Medical Center.  The parents of a now brain-damaged young boy have received a total of $1.35 million in a settlement with the hospital.  According to the lawsuit, the boy’s condition was deteriorating very rapidly and doctor failed to respond in a timely manner, resulting in the boy now suffering from permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.

The parents have stated that they will put the money toward the boy’s medical costs, which are expected to amount to $9 million.  Doctors should be held accountable for their actions, even if it means in action.  If you or someone you know has suffered because of birth injury.  Call the birth injury law specialists of the Williams Kherkher firm at 866.950.9000 for more information.      

It is commonly understood that epilepsy medicine raises the risk of birth defect occurrence.  Unfortunately, some of these mothers have no choice but to take the medication, as repeated epileptic seizures also puts the babies health at risk; a very difficult recommendation that doctors must give.

The worry though, is the some of these medicines are used for other things like migraine headaches, which women are more prone to than men.  Millions of women of birthing age are taking this potentially dangerous drug and don’t even know it.

Doctor can cause birth defects as well, through negligence or the improper use of medical tools.  If you ore someone you know has suffered from birth-injury, contact the Williams Kherkher birth injury law specialists at 866.950.9000.

Now that the family has won the case, the boy’s parents have the means to provide the boy with adequate care.  They can purchase a van with a wheelchair lift and pay for his round-the-clock extensive medical care.

The family has been working day and night in order to make sure that the boy is taken care of.  The father had been working nights at American Experess, while the mother had taken a full-time job working as the manager of a J.C. Penney store, not to mention the fact that the couple has three other young children. 

The boy, Darian, is incapable of feeding himself, and other forms of basic functionality that is supposed to take place at his age.  Cases like this, would never take place if doctor and hospital staff would take more responsibility for the work that they do. 

Luckily, you have options.  If you or someone you know has suffered the consequences of a mismanaged birth, contact the birth-injury specialist of the Williams Kherkher lawfirm, by calling 866.950.9000.

Once the doctors performed emergency resuscitation, the baby began to take breaths and regain a heartbeat. The anesthesiologist showed that the baby needed oxygen so proceeded to insert a breathing tube into the baby’s lungs. The doctor made another mistake and put the tube into the baby’s esophagus instead of the wind pipe which pumped oxygen into the baby’s stomach instead of lungs.

After a 9 year long trial, the law suit was finally completed yesterday with the mother and her son being awarded $19.6 million for damages during the delivery of her son. Because of the birth injuries, the son now has cerebral palsy because of the damage to his brain.

For more information, contact the Birth Injury Lawyers of Williams and Kherkher at 866-950-9000.