Cindy- she may be having muscle spasms--Try a warm bath before bed-I also
cover Sarah's legs--long Pj's or blanket sleeper ( we use a fan- but keep
the legs warm) We are now trying ARNICA Pellets at bed time- they work well-
They seem to get worse during or just after growth spurts. Good luck--Joy
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>From: Cindy * <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: (no subject)
>Date: Tue, Sep 28, 1999, 1:15 AM
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>Hi all.
>I have a question for any and all of you, As some of you know, my daughter
>Lizzy Jo is 20 mo and has mild spastic CP.  Hopefully this does not sound
>stupid or really dumb.  But I was wondering...... When you are sleeping ...
>can or does the CP cause pain( tightening up....)?  She use to sleep through
>the nite, but when she hit a year old, we have periods where she wakes up 3
>or 4 times a nite.  She has all of her teeth so it can't be that.... alot of
>the time its her cry, like shes in pain.  We are in one of these modes now,
>so out of desperation to try to figure it out, the other nite gave her a dose
>of motrin before bed and she slept straight through, not wanting to drug this
>poor child all the time, this question acured to me.  have asked her docs and
>therapist this before, but was not satisfied with answers, Doc said no( the
>same ones that it took 6 months to convience something was wrong) and the
>therapist said she didn't know.  So I'm now asking the experts.(gigggle)  Any
>ideas??
>Thanks
>Cindy Bushnell and Lizzy Jo
>