{"id":18163,"date":"2024-07-19T20:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/ariannas-story\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:21:13","slug":"ariannas-story","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/ariannas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Pequenos passos, grandes vit\u00f3rias: A hist\u00f3ria de Arianna"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sua filha, a quem ela e o marido Erik deram o nome de Arianna, pesava 8 libras e 5 on\u00e7as quando nasceu em Hospital Memorial de Charlton<\/a> em Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"N\u00e3o houve problemas, dei \u00e0 luz aos nove meses e, quando ela nasceu, fez todas aquelas coisas fant\u00e1sticas que os rec\u00e9m-nascidos fazem\", recorda Patricia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mas quando Arianna ainda n\u00e3o tinha quatro meses de idade, Patricia e Erik repararam que a sua filha mal usava a m\u00e3o direita e que, por vezes, tinha um estranho tremor muscular no olho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preocupados, levaram-na ao seu pediatra em Swansea, que sugeriu que ela poderia ter paralisia cerebral e recomendou que fosse ao Boston Children's Hospital para fazer um exame MRI (imagem por resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica)<\/a> para que os m\u00e9dicos possam ver o interior do seu c\u00e9rebro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Os m\u00e9dicos do Boston Children's identificaram um co\u00e1gulo de sangue no lado esquerdo do c\u00e9rebro de Arianna que rebentou, causando fraqueza no lado direito. Ela tamb\u00e9m tinha tido uma pequena hemorragia no lado esquerdo do c\u00e9rebro que n\u00e3o causou sintomas. Os m\u00e9dicos conclu\u00edram que Arianna tinha sofrido um AVC in utero durante o \u00faltimo m\u00eas de gravidez de Patricia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Os acidentes vasculares cerebrais perinatais s\u00e3o raros - aproximadamente 1 em cada 1100 nados-vivos, de acordo com o National Institutes of Health. Raramente conduzem a outros acidentes vasculares cerebrais ap\u00f3s o nascimento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Quando os m\u00e9dicos nos disseram que a Arianna tinha sobrevivido ao AVC, fic\u00e1mos sem palavras, porque n\u00e3o sab\u00edamos que os beb\u00e9s em gesta\u00e7\u00e3o podiam ter AVC\", disse Patricia. \"Sentimo-nos desamparados porque n\u00e3o t\u00ednhamos a certeza de como seria o futuro dela.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos meses que se seguiram, Arianna, a quem tamb\u00e9m foi diagnosticada paralisia cerebral relacionada com o AVC, n\u00e3o estava a cumprir os marcos importantes do desenvolvimento para gatinhar, ficar de p\u00e9, segurar coisas ou preparar-se para andar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia e Erik procuraram op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento locais mais perto de casa do que em Boston ou Providence e, quando Arianna tinha 14 meses de idade, trouxeram-na para Southcoast Health Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o Pedi\u00e1trica<\/a> em Dartmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00ed come\u00e7ou a fazer terapia f\u00edsica e ocupacional que iria mudar a sua vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde o in\u00edcio, ficou claro que Arianna era inteligente. Teve a sorte de o AVC que sofreu n\u00e3o ter afetado a sua vis\u00e3o e, mais tarde, s\u00f3 precisou de uma pequena terapia da fala para ajudar a sua pron\u00fancia. A dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce foi fundamental para a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de Arianna, diz Patricia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Quando fomos pela primeira vez para Southcoast, a pergunta que t\u00ednhamos era: ser\u00e1 que ela alguma vez vai conseguir andar de forma independente? Ser\u00e1 que ela vai conseguir usar as duas m\u00e3os juntas? Eles criaram um plano especialmente para a Arianna. Estabeleceram objectivos realistas para ela. Trabalharam arduamente para que ela atingisse esses objectivos, que eram adequados \u00e0 sua idade.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atualmente, Arianna tem 10 anos e faz terapia ocupacional e fisioterapia duas vezes por semana nas novas instala\u00e7\u00f5es da Southcoast Pediatric Rehabilitation em New Bedford. Tamb\u00e9m vai uma vez por semana ao Thrive Medical Fitness em Swansea e faz exerc\u00edcio em casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Num dia t\u00edpico de tratamento na Southcoast Health Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o Pedi\u00e1trica<\/a>Arianna trabalha com uma equipa de terapeutas, incluindo as fisioterapeutas Karen Medeiros e Becca Cameron, e a terapeuta ocupacional Clarissa Dume. Enquanto Clarissa trabalha com Arianna num exerc\u00edcio que requer o uso de ambas as m\u00e3os, Arianna recorda-lhe quando completou um exerc\u00edcio com sucesso e Clarissa d\u00e1-lhe uma pequena recompensa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"J\u00e1 tenho o meu saque\", diz Arianna, radiante. \"Consigo apanhar 15 quilos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quanto \u00e0 equipa de terapeutas que se dedicou aos seus cuidados ao longo dos anos, Arianna diz simplesmente: \"S\u00e3o todos os meus melhores amigos\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atualmente, Arianna \u00e9 uma crian\u00e7a inteligente, faladora e simp\u00e1tica que se levanta, caminha e, com a sua irm\u00e3, \u00e9 volunt\u00e1ria no santu\u00e1rio Little Patch of Heaven em Fairhaven, onde gosta de passear os p\u00f3neis e cuidar dos animais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi submetida a duas grandes cirurgias, uma na coluna vertebral e outra para reestruturar os tornozelos e o f\u00e9mur direito. E ser\u00e1 submetida a outra para endireitar a perna direita e permitir-lhe uma maior mobilidade. Tamb\u00e9m vai receber injec\u00e7\u00f5es de Botox\u00ae para evitar c\u00e3ibras nos m\u00fasculos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arianna sabe que vai precisar de algum tipo de terapia ao longo da sua vida. Quando era mais nova e tinha de usar aparelhos nas pernas, sonhava com um dia \"em que pudesse usar sapatos bonitos\", diz Patricia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No entanto, gra\u00e7as \u00e0 terapia competente e atenciosa da equipa da Southcoast Rehabilitation, Arianna pode esperar uma vida plena e feliz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Estou muito agradecida\", diz Patricia. \"Como a Arianna vem aqui desde beb\u00e9, (os membros da equipa de terapia) s\u00e3o como uma segunda fam\u00edlia. Parece que mesmo quando est\u00e3o em casa, est\u00e3o a pensar nas crian\u00e7as.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sempre me perguntei se um dia ela iria andar\", diz Patricia. \"Agora ela pode andar com sapatos bonitos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para obter mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre os servi\u00e7os de Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o Pedi\u00e1trica da Southcoast Health, visite Reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o Pedi\u00e1trica | Southcoast Health<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4696,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18163","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSmall Steps, Big Victories: Arianna's Story - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Southcoast Health Pediatric Rehabilitation in New Bedford, MA helps Arianna get back on track to living a full and happy life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/ariannas-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small Steps, Big Victories: Arianna's Story - 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