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A medical device designed to help stroke victims regain use of facial muscles has helped a child suffering from cerebral palsy.

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Cerebral palsy is an incurable disorder usually caused by trauma during a person’s birth. Most children with cerebral palsy are mentally capable, but lack control of their muscles and movement.

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download The Incredible Melting Man dvd When Jude Countryman was being born, his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and damaged nerves that controlled his mouth and tongue. He has a hard time eating and talking. However, he has shown significant improvement since he started using a device developed for stroke victims called VitalStim.

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Much like victims of cerebral palsy, stroke victims often have trouble with muscle coordination. The VitalStim device uses electrodes that are attached to the patient’s face three times a week for about an hour. The electrodes send tiny electrical currents through the facial muscles to strengthen them. After using VitalStim for a while, Jude was able to move his upper lip during speech. This was a huge improvement.

VitalStim is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on infants and children.

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A 2007 provision from the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services thought to be solution for suffering families  appears now to have been false hope.

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For hundreds of families dealing with severely disabled children over 21 years of age, there are two options—home health, or a state institution. Though home health is more costly, many families argue that their disabled loved-ones could not survive in a state institution. Therein lies the problem—should the state provide basic care to more people, or exceptional care to a few?

Up until the time that a child with cerebral palsy, brain damage, or quadriplegia turns 21, the state will pay whatever it takes to keep the child at home. Home health care can be expensive when one is dealing with a child who requires constant monitoring and assistance. 

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A Perfect Getaway movie Once that child turns 21, everything changes. The state will only fund home health care if parents can show that the cost of keeping their child at home is less than twice as much as it would cost to have them institutionalized. This is a difficult thing to do when a family has to keep a nurse on hand all day every day.

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Though the cost of a state institution is much cheaper, many of these severely handicapped children are too fragile to survive outside their home. If the costs of keeping their child at home exceed the specified amount, parents must either make cuts from their home health care, or relinquish their son or daughter.

Two years ago, a measure passed the Texas Legislature that was supposed to alleviate this burden for Texas families. It would provide additional funds to families who, for the sake of their child’s life, must keep them at home.

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Unfortunately, only 5 of the 23 families the agency considered for this funding received it—and those 5 had to sue first. Sadly, the hope that hundreds of Texans felt in 2007 has been all but extinguished.

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