Yash Shetye

Yash Shetye

Cerebral Palsy Children

Yash is a case of meconium aspiration syndrome with neonatal septicemia with ascites with neonatal hepatitis with bilateral large frontal and parietal porencephalic cysts with widespread encephalomalacia.  As the child grew, his spasticity further worsened.  His therapy with Dr. Vasa began at age 5 years.

Following is an account of observation made by Yash’s parents over the years while being treated with VASA CONCEPT

Yash Shetye before Vasa Concept

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Before Vasa Concept

Yash Photos - before VASA CONCEPT

Progress Timeline

2009 Apr - Sep

Visible Progress

  • He is playing well on moving board/paatlaa.
  • While doing his studies now he is able concentrate on the alphabets.
  • He enjoys doing the exercises on ball.
  • Stiffness in his hands has decreased.  He is not fisting his hands as before.
  • He is trying to get up and sit on his own.
  • While tearing paper he is actively using his fingers.
  • While sitting in bean bag he is trying to throw the ball.  In sand also he is trying to lift his pelvis and attempting to stand.

Stiffness in his hands has decreased. He is not fisting his hands as before.

Yash doing Cobra position exercise
2010 Oct 2009 to Mar 2010

Visible Progress

  • His pelvis has loosened a lot.  It is not as stiff as before.  The pelvis movements are more swifter now.
  • Now he is trying to control his neck and doesn’t allow it to drop down.  Even if he drops down his neck, it is in the front and never at the back.
  • The squint in his eyes has almost disappeared.
  • His understanding has improved a lot.                                                                                                                            
  • His digestion has improved.  Earlier he used to be constipated and lot and would pass stools every 3-4 days; now he does it daily.  He also had got habitual to vomiting daily.  The roti which used to feed him for breakfast, he would throw it up by noon for sure; this was a daily routine for him.  His digestion was so bad.  Now since his digestion has improved, his routine of vomiting daily has stopped. 
  • Now he can sit in cross leg position/Buddha posture; earlier this posture was impossible.

Now he can sit in cross leg position/Buddha posture; earlier this posture was impossible.

Yash - balancing on ball and taking weight on one hand
2010 Apr 2010 to Sep 2011

Visible Progress

  • Because of the active exercises that he is doing, the amount of cough in his body has reduced.  Earlier he required nebulization twice a day; morning and evening.  This has stopped completely.
  • When we put him in wheat bag, he is trying to make use of his hands a lot.  He pushes and throws the ball and also throws the wheat on floor.
  • On 28 July 2011 for the first time Yash pointed out A, B, C with his finger.
  • There is lot of improvement in the texture of the skin.  Blood circulation seems to have increased.  The skin is turning pinkish from pale yellow.
  • While doing dog to cobra, he can take his pelvis down to ground level smoothly.
  • He can sit nicely with hand support if we tie splints to his hands.
  • Because of the exercises that he does, he remains active throughout the day.  His laziness has reduced.

On 28 July 2011 for the first time Yash pointed out A, B, C with his finger.

Yash doing camel posture
2011 Oct 2011 to Mar 2012

Visible Progress

  • He is rolling over in his bed in sleep, earlier he used to sleep in only one lateral position.  Now sleeps prone, supine, anyhow.
  • While doing cycling exercise, he himself tries to pedal sometimes.
  • He is now aware about his own-being.  He dislikes it if his parents pay more attention towards any other child.
  • There is difference noted in his sitting posture.  He can sit better now.
  • When he is playing on the floor, he goes into prone position and tries to move forward.
  • While doing cobra on ball he can hold himself taking weight on his hands for about 25-30 seconds.

He is now aware about his own-being. He dislikes it if his parents pay more attention towards any other child.

Yash - doing cycling
2012 Apr - Jun

Visible Progress

  • There was slight difference in the length of his legs which we sometimes feel that is not anymore.
  • His sitting capacity has increased.    Now he can sit for more than one hour without falling though there is still not much trunk control.  Also now while sitting cross leg his thighs are almost touching the ground.  Earlier there was so much hip knee contracture that the knees would almost be at 80 degrees from the ground level.
  • Now he is roaming inside his house on paatla and he enjoys this since he can do some movement and is not just put in one corner of the house.  While moving on paatla he keeps his neck up to see the surroundings.
  • His immunity power has improved a lot.  Earlier, he used to have fever, cough, cold episodes every 1-1 ½ months and it would not get cured unless he was given antibiotics.  Now, the frequency of these episodes has improved and now he gets them every 6-7 months and it is not necessary that we take him to the doctor also.  He takes rest and gets cured by himself.

Now he is roaming inside his house on paatla and he enjoys this since he can do some movement and is not just put in one corner of the house. While moving on paatla he keeps his neck up to see the surroundings.

Yash - moving on paatla (small-stand)

Yash Shetye History

Yash was born on 15 March 2003. He was 15 days premature. Actually they were twin babies, but another one’s development was stopped in uterus at 6th month.

After birth Yash was crying very well. Second day, child specialist Dr. Bedekar checked him & suggested to take the baby under incubator as he found symptoms of convulsions in baby. So Yash got treatment under observation of Dr. Bedekar for 15days. Then we brought him home. But after five days Yash suffered from fever and developed rash on his whole body so again we hospitalized him, even after four days of treatment, no improvement observed in his health. His fever increased up to 100-102 degree F. So we took decision to consult child specialist Dr. Prakash Sanghavi at Kolhapur. On 3rd April 2003 Yash was admitted in Sanghavi Hospital.

Dr. Sanghavi’s diagnosed that Yash had suffered from viral infection & Meconium Aspiration Syndrome & Neonatal Septicemia & Ascitis & Neonatal Hepatitis & Bilateral large frontal & parietal paren-cephalic cysts with wide spread encephalomyelitis. In Sanghavi Hospital Yash took treament for 28 days then we got discharge. There were 10 to 15 types of orally administered medicines thrice in day.

At the age of 3.5 month Yash suffered from left side ‘inguinoscrotal hernia’ Operation was done by Dr. Santosh Patil [Kolhapur].

From date 09/10/2003 Yash was given treatment for vision by Dr.Pritam Shaha at Kolhapur & Dr. Milind Killedar at Sangali. Both doctors said that Yash will definitely improve on ability to follow light & objects.

From reference of Dr.Sanghavi, on 05/02/2004 we went to Mumbai & got checked up from Dr. Udani [peadiatric nuerology & Epilepsy] at Hinduja Hospital but he did not give us any hope. He advised to continue the physiotheropy treatment to Yash.

We went for physiotherapy from Dr. Mrs. Mrunal Davjekar at Kolhapur. Once in month we had to go to Kolhapur & as per her guidelines exercise were continued.

We also took physiotherapy treatment from Dr. Asha Chitnis Mumbai. Fifteen days in a month we used to stay back at Bombay for the physiotherapy in her clinic, for rest of the days in a month & as per her guidelines exercise were continued at Ratnagiri. They prescribed Pacitane & Lioresal for muscle relaxation, he felt giddiness from drug.

In addition we also took the Ayurvedic treatment from Dr. Koli for 2 years. No much improvement was noticed even after 4 years of age .

Homeopathic treatment from Dr. Prafulla Vijaykar at Mumbai, [Parle] for 15 months, but other medical complications developed. Like cough, fever etc. but no improvement observed in Yash whatsoever.

As physiotherapy treatment was going on at home it was not sufficient (as there was no physiotherapy center in Ratnagiri) we decided to stay at Kolhapur. For one month we took physiotherapy in Kolhapur  but Yash did not get accustomed to the environment  & in the meantime new physiotherapy center  opened in Ratnagiri.  So we again took decision  & shifted him  to Ratnagiri.

We also took Ayurvedic treatment of Dr. Balaji Tambe from Lonavala.[Karla] since Dec2007  for 15 month, due to this treatment  yash’s stool problem got solved & he slept well at night . But no progress observed in Yash’s mental and physical health.

Four times Yash was hospitalised due to convulsion [July2008, Aug08, Oct08, and July 09] at Parkar Hospital Ratnagiri and so doses of Topirol & Encorate was started to Yash untill  April 2009 (till we got appointment with Dr. Rajul Vasa)

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