LeAnne Mak

LeAnne was borned on September 1999. Everything was supposedly “normal” throughout my pregnancy and she came to this world through “normal” delivery as well. I guess I did not know at that time what was not normal since LeAnne is my first child!

Both Mak and I were not prepared for what came within the next month of birth. Her head circumference was bigger than ‘normal’. Her paediatrician referred her for CT scans where hydrocephalus was ruled out. However, what came next shock us. She is diagnosed with lissencephaly. What a term! We did not know what that was and how it all happened. After that follows rounds and rounds of tests (blood, x-ray, chromosome, etc) to determine what was the exact cause of it.

For the first 2 years, we did not know what we should do to rehabilitate her—like what most people think, we can only wait for time to unfold and hopefully, she will be ‘normal’ again. But, things did not happen that way.

I did not give up at all. I searched the internet for resources to help her. Somehow, I chanced upon the works of Glen Doman. That spiraled into a chain reaction to where I am today. I am indeed grateful that I did not give up on my daughter. I guess it is probably God’s will as well.

At this current age of 6, she still does not have many abilities as compared to her peers but she is progressing albeit slowly. In fact, for the past 3 years, she has progressed much more than the first 3 years of her life. I attribute this to the alternative therapies that I have done with her. The therapies that I am currently doing with her are ABR, HBOT (on & off!), cell salts, acupuncture

I will continue along the same path with her; continuing to search for alternatives to help her further her potential, as long as my finances allow me to do so.