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Logan’s Journey with Cerebral Palsy

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Logan’s Journey with Cerebral Palsy

This page is sharing Logan’s journey so far with Cerebral Palsy and how he continues to defy the odds

14/09/2025

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For those of you who have not been following our journey,we have two beautiful 5 year old twin boys Brock & Logan, who were born prematurely @ 30 weeks.

We found out at our 20 week scan that Logan had a severe case of Hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain) and Scoliosis and the prognosis at the time was pretty grim.

The boys arrived 10 weeks prematurely Logan weighed 1234grams and Brock 1450grams. Logan was pronounced “palliative” at birth and he was sent back to the room with us - we were told that he would not survive the night. Brock was whisked off to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

My first 24 hours with Logan was spend providing “kangaroo care” to him. Unbelievably, our little warrior not only survived his first night (with no oxygen or special care), but he was transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit the following morning to be with his brother, where they spend the next 11 weeks fighting for their life.

We had to wait till Logan reached 2kg- which he did at 4 weeks old to be transferred to PMH where he received life saving brain surgery to implant a VP brain shunt to treat his hydrocephalus. The VP shunt works by taking the the extra Cerebral Spinal fluid from his brain and move it to the belly where it is absorbed by the body. This lowers the pressure the fluid build up puts on the brain.

Logan was also diagnosed with Scoliosis and Hemivertbrae (x2). The treatment for this was to serial spinal cast Logan from 4 moths old and then progress to wearing a hard moulded spinal brace 23 hours a day.

At 1 year old Logan was formally diagnosed with having Cerebral Palsy- Spastic Diplegia- which means he has a lot of spasticity (tightness) in his legs, which makes walking difficult. He also has difficulty with his fine motor skills with his hands.

Logan has been receiving Botox treatment every 6 months in his legs to relive the spasticity and help him walk.

In October 2017 , we were given the news that every CP parent dreads- that Logan MAY never walk. As you can imaging that news was devastating to hear. After receiving such news, I immediately researched like crazy and looked at making some big changes to Logan's therapy routine.

Since then we have embarked on numerous blocks of intensive therapy and as a result Logan took his first independent steps a few months later (in Dec 17)

Over the years Logan has defied all of the odds and has made massive gains in all areas of his development. Today, marks 5 months since Logan has been walking completely independently- WITH NO WALKER and needing MINIMAL assistance from us.

Logan has enriched our lives beyond belief. He is an inspirational little warrior, who has a “not giving in” attitude, which has got him to where he is today.

He truly is our little miracle.