Botox Aftermath

Summer received Botox on the 22nd of June. She has experienced significant 'spill over' from her forearm injections that has resulted in a major impact on her right hand strength and function. Her hand is pretty much useless at this point. Thankfully this is temporary and we are hoping it will return in a few months.

Her hand's appearance is also disheartening because you can see there is just no way that she can manipulate an object or do any fine motor activity. She has a difficult time even holding a piece of paper on the table so she can practice her printing, or stabilizing a bowl while she is eating. You can see in the picture below.


We are hoping to get her into see her OT before go on vacation so that she can give us some strategies to work on getting her strength back.

We were disappointed that this was the result, but in retrospect, we are pretty lucky that we did not combine a botox treatment with her annual CIT therapy period. That would have been a disaster if we casted her 'good hand'.