If you would like to make a donation toward Cobi’s ongoing support needs or would like more information you can contact Michelle on 0430289564. 

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Experiencing the birth of your child should be a joyful experience with lots of wonderful memories, but for Des and Michelle the birth of their son Cobi was not the magical experience they had hoped for.
When Cobi was born he was barely breathing and if not for the quick action of doctors Cobi would not be here today.  He was immediately transferred to the Royal Brisbane hospital.  If not for all the wires and monitors you would have thought he was just sleeping peacefully.
When Cobi was seven days old he had an MRI to determine exactly what effect the lack of oxygen at his birth had caused, the MRI revealed that Cobi had suffered an insult to his brain, known as Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy or HIE.
Doctors diagnosed Cobi with cerebral palsy and microcephaly.  In Australia, it is estimated that a child with cerebral palsy is born every 18 hours, cerebral palsy is a permanent physical condition that affects movement.  There is no known cure and no pre-birth test.  Microcephaly means small head, in Cobi’s case his microcephaly is as a result of the severe insult he suffered at birth.
As Des and Michelle started to digest and process Cobi’s diagnosis, they decided that they were going to give Cobi every opportunity to recover from his brain injury and therefore began their journey to be as proactive as possible to find ways to help Cobi to reach his full potential and give him every chance to live the life they had dreamed of for him.
Cobi is now 17 months old and although he is unable to sit, stand or walk independently and he can’t use his hands properly, his dad, mum and therapists believe that Cobi is making steady progress and with continued intensive therapy further positive gains will be made.
To continue Cobi’s intensive therapy, his ongoing therapy and equipment costs for the next year will be about $30,000.  Right now Cobi’s family is trying to raise the funds for him to have a course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (also known as HBOT).   HBOT delivers 100% oxygen to the brain and spinal cord structures while inside a pressurized chamber,  HBOT has been shown to provide good results for children with cerebral palsy.  A course of treatment is 40 hours which will cost $8,000.
Each brain injury is unique as is the person who is injured.  To his family, Cobi’s official prognosis is now just a set of labels and names.  They don’t define who Cobi is and no one can predict Cobi’s final outcome and how far he will go in his recovery.