my 3 year old may have mild cerebral pasy

toni95

Hi everyone wondering if you can help my daughter may have mild cerebral pasy how long does it take for them to give you a diagnosis.. my daughter can not talk can't hear properly she is vision impaired she is 3 years old  thank you xx 

Pippa_Alumni

Hi @toni95, and welcome! You might find more information on the diagnosis process and the condition by looking through our cerebral palsy discussions, and Scope's advice. NHS Choices also have information on the diagnostic process.

You might also like to chat to @maxandmolly and @Di1964, who both have children with CP. Hope this helps!

cerisarah

Hi there my son had tests for cerebral palsy and it only took a couple of weeks for the tests to come back. 

toni95

How was the outcome and what did they do to find out x

cerisarah

He had blood taken and a scan done, it wasn’t cerebral palsy he has been diagnosed with a rare condition called familiar periodic cerebellum ataxia type2.

toni95

I never heard what hes got xx hope hes ok is it the same sign as cerebral pasy I take it xxx 

cerisarah

Some of the signs are he wasn’t sitting up crawling rolling over when he was a baby. This condition affects all his gross motor skills so he has low muscle tone in his legs, delayed speech and talking. A eye condition and the ataxia affects his balance and also food is a problem and not keeping weight on. But putting all that aside he is a cheeky happy little boy and makes me laugh everyday x

toni95

Is theya s any way I can add you on Facebook so we can talk a little more about it please xxx

cerisarah

Yeah of course I’m on Facebook. Ceri oakley my photo is of a baby asleep and the name Lily in sand behind