A journey of progress: Mateo's milestones at PBRC
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When"}, {'start': '28.400', 'end': '32.320', 'text': 'Mateo was around 7 months old, his'}, {'start': '30.800', 'end': '34.239', 'text': 'parents noticed something could be'}, {'start': '32.320', 'end': '37.600', 'text': 'wrong. I went ahead and booked an'}, {'start': '34.239', 'end': '40.200', 'text': 'appointment in Austin. We left to Austin'}, {'start': '37.600', 'end': '42.559', 'text': 'around May of'}, {'start': '40.200', 'end': '43.920', 'text': '2022, like 2 weeks before his first'}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '46.320', 'text': 'birthday, and we went up there and'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '49.039', 'text': "that's when he they diagnosed him with"}, {'start': '46.320', 'end': '51.680', 'text': 'optic nerve hypoplasia. Having optic'}, {'start': '49.039', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'nerve hypoplasia, a condition causing'}, {'start': '51.680', 'end': '56.000', 'text': 'limited eyesight or blindness, never'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '58.079', 'text': 'stop MO from smiling. And neither did it'}, {'start': '56.000', 'end': '60.000', 'text': 'stop the Perian Basin Rehab Center from'}, {'start': '58.079', 'end': '62.719', 'text': 'providing him with the best care in the'}, {'start': '60.000', 'end': '64.799', 'text': "basin. With the shapes, we I'll put my"}, {'start': '62.719', 'end': '66.240', 'text': "hands on his hands and then we'll find"}, {'start': '64.799', 'end': '67.760', 'text': "we'll hold the circle and then we'll"}, {'start': '66.240', 'end': '70.320', 'text': 'find the circle with our hands on the'}, {'start': '67.760', 'end': '72.159', 'text': 'board and then put the shape in. Um same'}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '73.920', 'text': "with the socks. It's just hand overhand"}, {'start': '72.159', 'end': '76.000', 'text': 'until he can pick it up on his own. The'}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '78.080', 'text': "care doesn't stop there. Mateo's"}, {'start': '76.000', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'physical therapist Jordan Horton is'}, {'start': '78.080', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'helping him gain strength and'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '85.439', 'text': 'independence step by step. with him. We'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '88.320', 'text': 'are working right now a lot on using his'}, {'start': '85.439', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'um walking stick to help him. Working on'}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'gross motor skills is hard because'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '93.200', 'text': 'obviously a lot of that is let me show'}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '94.640', 'text': 'you how to do this and you follow. And'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '97.520', 'text': "since he can't do that, it's a lot of"}, {'start': '94.640', 'end': '100.159', 'text': 'hands-on um moving him through the'}, {'start': '97.520', 'end': '101.680', 'text': 'motions and then having him copy. And'}, {'start': '100.159', 'end': '103.680', 'text': "he's been doing really good with that"}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '105.439', 'text': "recently. He's also starting to do"}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '107.920', 'text': 'better with following verbal commands,'}, {'start': '105.439', 'end': '109.360', 'text': 'which is helping a lot. But a lot of it'}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '111.040', 'text': 'is just kind of showing him how to do'}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '113.680', 'text': 'stuff and then him figuring it out. Each'}, {'start': '111.040', 'end': '116.399', 'text': 'appointment builds on the last and every'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '118.399', 'text': 'visit brings progress. He is now'}, {'start': '116.399', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'standing by himself completely. He can'}, {'start': '118.399', 'end': '122.560', 'text': 'lift his leg um to kick a ball and to do'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '124.640', 'text': 'he can hold it up for like two to three'}, {'start': '122.560', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'seconds to stand on one leg which is'}, {'start': '124.640', 'end': '129.280', 'text': 'huge because vision is a big part of'}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '131.120', 'text': 'balance and so balance is really hard at'}, {'start': '129.280', 'end': '133.200', 'text': "the beginning. Um so I feel like that's"}, {'start': '131.120', 'end': '134.959', 'text': 'been his biggest achievement. Stairs'}, {'start': '133.200', 'end': '137.680', 'text': "he's getting a lot more independent on."}, {'start': '134.959', 'end': '139.200', 'text': 'He can do it um holding on to the wall.'}, {'start': '137.680', 'end': '141.120', 'text': 'He can do a few steps completely by'}, {'start': '139.200', 'end': '142.959', 'text': 'himself, which is awesome. Um, same'}, {'start': '141.120', 'end': '144.879', 'text': 'thing that would be very scary without'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'uh sight. So, those have been some huge'}, {'start': '144.879', 'end': '149.520', 'text': 'differences. The victories, no matter'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '152.080', 'text': "how small, are deeply felt by Mattel's"}, {'start': '149.520', 'end': '154.000', 'text': 'family. Just seeing him how happy he is'}, {'start': '152.080', 'end': '155.760', 'text': 'coming over here. Like that also like'}, {'start': '154.000', 'end': '157.200', 'text': "kind of it's like a little stress"}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '158.879', 'text': 'relief, you know, because he feels'}, {'start': '157.200', 'end': '161.040', 'text': 'comfortable coming here as well. And'}, {'start': '158.879', 'end': '163.840', 'text': 'then them also talking to me at the end'}, {'start': '161.040', 'end': '165.840', 'text': 'of each um session how he does like that'}, {'start': '163.840', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'just really gives us like a little mind'}, {'start': '165.840', 'end': '170.720', 'text': "piece knowing that he's he's improving."}, {'start': '168.239', 'end': '172.800', 'text': "You know, PBRC isn't just a place of"}, {'start': '170.720', 'end': '175.040', 'text': "healing. It's a center for support and"}, {'start': '172.800', 'end': '177.360', 'text': "care. Mateo's journey is one that may"}, {'start': '175.040', 'end': '179.519', 'text': 'not be common, but his team works daily'}, {'start': '177.360', 'end': '181.280', 'text': 'to help him conquer life. When you are'}, {'start': '179.519', 'end': '183.840', 'text': "visually impaired, it is it's a scary"}, {'start': '181.280', 'end': '185.519', 'text': 'world out there. So, a lot of um your'}, {'start': '183.840', 'end': '186.879', 'text': 'input is coming from other people kind'}, {'start': '185.519', 'end': '188.480', 'text': 'of helping you. So, we just want him to'}, {'start': '186.879', 'end': '190.239', 'text': 'get independent so that when he does get'}, {'start': '188.480', 'end': '192.720', 'text': 'older, he can do things by himself. And'}, {'start': '190.239', 'end': '194.400', 'text': 'as Mateo continues to grow, his parents'}, {'start': '192.720', 'end': '195.920', 'text': "say they're just grateful they got him"}, {'start': '194.400', 'end': '198.480', 'text': 'the help he needed when it mattered'}, {'start': '195.920', 'end': '201.200', 'text': "most. I'm just glad like we started at"}, {'start': '198.480', 'end': '202.959', 'text': "two because if I wouldn't have like I"}, {'start': '201.200', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'always think like where where would he'}, {'start': '202.959', 'end': '206.000', 'text': "have been right now if I wouldn't have"}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '208.159', 'text': "started therapy at two, you know? I'm"}, {'start': '206.000', 'end': '211.480', 'text': 'really grateful that I found this place'}, {'start': '208.159', 'end': '211.480', 'text': 'for him.'}]