Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Jeffery Reimer - A Beautiful Challenge

 Jeffery shows a rare sincere and relaxed smile, during a professional photo shoot with his three younger sisters at Albany's Eads Park. He has Tuberous Sclerosis, epilepsy, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and is developmentally delayed.


The girls (Ahnalee, Katelynn, and Samantha) run a collision course with mom on the slide. Nancy Reimer actively ensures that the kids have a wide range of activities and exciting new places to explore.


This is the current set of Jeffery's medications, which he takes morning and evening. Clonazepam, Risperdone, Clonidine, Oxycodone, Sertraline, Seroquel, Trazadone, Concerta, and Diastat. These represent only a small list of medications that 10-year old Jeffery has taken in his life.


Working on a "project" on his bed. He has a Ty Beanie Baby turkey "holding" onto a small piece of metal, which he is trying to force onto a metal pipe. Jeffery has many projects like this one, and tends to enjoy his demolition projects the best.

As evening approaches, Nancy consoles Jeffery because he was upset that he couldn't have Katelynn's doll. Seemingly very small issues can set him off, and bedtime can be a long, arduous challenge.

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