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Mikey is a seven-year-old boy who, at age nine months was involved in an accident resulting in a brain injury. When IKOR® became
involved a full assessment was done and RN care manager discovered many issues with his care. IKOR® addressed those issues and identified
his needs and made him available all the resources to take care them. As a result Mikey now has a comfortable wheelchair, has easier entry exit from the
home, Mikey goes to school and his medical care and therapy is being monitored by IKOR® RN regularly.
Issues and Challenges
- A wheelchair undersized for Mikey
- Mikey needed his hand splints resized to prevent contracture
- Mikey had a trach tube and a feeding tube in the stomach, which meant that he, could not speak or eat.
- There had been no testing to show that these things were impossible for Mikey to accomplish
- Mikey did not have a general pediatrician to address his medical needs
- Mikey was not attending any physical therapy or schooling, and no home schooling had been provided
- There were no wheelchair ramps inside or outside of the home
- Mikey had had no routine childhood immunizations which are not only required for school attendance, but essential for a child with a disability who
may be more susceptible to diseases
- The van which was available to transport Mikey was not made to safely transport someone in a wheelchair
IKOR ApproachSM
- Mikey had a wheelchair that fit his growing body
- Mikey had re-sized hand splints made especially for him
- A new pediatrician was obtained who had experience in working with the challenges of head injury, and Mikey had been examined.
- All of the needed childhood immunizations for Mikey?s age had been completed, readying him for school
- Ramps were built to enable Mikey?s wheelchair to go into his shower and to provide an easier entrance/ exit from the home
- Mikey was interviewed and admitted to a public school geared to the special needs child, and the IKOR® nurse assured Mikey attendance
during both winter and summer sessions to maximize his potential.
- A daily physical therapy program was initiated, first through the local Easter Seals, and when admission to school was completed, through Mikey?s new
school
- The IKOR® nurse had successfully facilitated a tonsillectomy which the specialists had reported was necessary before the removal of
the trach could be addressed
- Mikey?s trach was successfully removed
- A new van was located which was designed to safely transport Mikey in his wheelchair
Case Outcome
IKOR® 's work with Mikey is ongoing, and so is the progress!
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