Saliva Duct Clipping

I’m considering this procedure for Christian.  I have an appointment with Prof Fagen in Cape Town on the 23rd June 2009. ORIGINAL ARTICLE Major Salivary Duct Clipping for Control Problems in Developmentally Challenged Children Hamdy El-Hakim, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(ORL-HNS); Susan Richards, RN, BScN, MN(c); Mahilravi Samuel Thevasagayam, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(ORL-HNS) Objectives: To introduce a technical modification for [...]

Neurologist Report – April 07

    Reference      25533209                                                     Enquiries       Dr. A. P. Ndondo                                        Paediatric Neurology Dept.         Telephone     021 –…                                         Department of Health                                                                                    Red Cross Children’s Hospital      Fax                 021 – 658 5548       Date              30 April 2007   PATIENT:            CHRISTIAN STEENKAMP             SEX:            MALE RXH FOLDER NO:            25533209        D.O.B:            22/10/2002 ADDRESS:            4 NASSAU [...]

Sinemet Trial

Today we had an appointment with Dr Ndondo the paediatric neurologist from Red Cross.  He filmed Chris for a short while.  It’s good to have that record because he filmed him about a year ago too, so we can really have a good look to see if there has been any progression.  We have decided to complete [...]

Email to the Family – Feb 08

Hello everybody,   This is just to keep you all up to date and in the loop.  Christian has been diagnosed with Dystonia.  There are some places for you to go have a read if you’d like that I’ll list below, but basically Dystonia is a neurological disorder (stems from the brain) which causes the muscles [...]

Christians’ Journey

Christian Alan Steenkamp   Pregnancy   We fell pregnant with Christian naturally and I experienced a normal pregnancy with no complications.  I gave natural birth 4 weeks early at 35 +5 weeks.  The birth was uncomplicated.    Development   Christian was jaundice at birth and at 10 days received light therapy over night.  I was feeding [...]