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Son recent diagnosed with Ullrich muscular dystrophy
Hello my name is Alex,
I wanted to share our story of my little boy who has been recently diagnosed with ullrich muscular dystrophy. It has been a real long journey with our son Ollie. Ollie never met his motor milestones from birth. Ollie was born in 2020 when covid struck and due to this Ollie was not seen often by health visitors. When we was visited we where told Ollie was a boy and was just lazy. Ollie never sat up till he was just over 1 year old. Ollie can only bottom shuffle & uses a wheelchair daily. He struggles with eating but we have found ways to help him. Having had previous children this did not seem right. We took Ollie to the doctors as he suffers from cronic constipation. We where then reffered to a pediatrician as Ollie has adnormal facial features. We saw a pediatrician who conducted x-rays and discovered ollie has left hip dysplasia. We where then sent to Great Ormond Street hospital for treatment who have been great. Sadly Ollie was due to have surgery but due to his diagnosis of ullrich muscular dystrophy this could not go ahead awaiting sleep studies as the risks of putitng ollie under anesthesia are to great. Ollie is a happy little boy who loves being around others and playing but this recent diagnoses has come as a shock to us as Me & my wife do not carry the genetics & this has just happened with Ollie. So now we have started this journey with Ollie recent diagnosis we have lots of questions but we know sadly there is no cure for this. But we will keep postive as a family and make happy memories everyday. Thanks for ready a little bit about Ollies story & one day hopefully a treatment will be found.
Reply To: Son recent diagnosed with Ullrich muscular dystrophyThank you so much for sharing your story, and telling us about Ollies life so far. I am so glad that you are remaining positive as there is so much to be positive about. Now you have been referred to a world famous hospital you can be assured that they will do their best to make sure Ollie leas the best life he can. I am constantly amazed about how resilient children with MD are, and how much inner strength they have. But as I am sure you realise it is still a long road ahead for you all. I hope you have already read the MDUK fact sheet here
https://www.musculardystrophyuk.org/conditions/ullrich-congenital-muscular-dystrophy
With the right sort of help I am sure things will improve. You and your wife will need to be strong for him to help him through the difficult times and also to make sure he does his physio exercises at home.
AS you say there is no cure for his condition YET. There will be many medical advancements in the years to come, you never know what might be possible.
Meantime please do keep us up to date with his progress, that can help so many others too.Mike
So many love songs, so little love.
Reply To: Son recent diagnosed with Ullrich muscular dystrophyThat is a real pity about your wee lad, Alex. Here’s hoping for a cure for the youngsters! I have Becker MD and wasn’t diagnosed until aged 28, I will be 48 in a few days and still ambulant, albeit with the use of a stick or rollator.
I guess you are lucky to have a diagnosis for the wee man so young. I look back often and consider how much easier things would have been had I known.
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