Children with, classic infantile Krabbes, begin to present symptoms between 2 and 9 months. Early symptoms include irritability and rigidity. Robin had difficulty sitting in a car seat or layette chair. His legs and arms were stiff like a soldier and wouldn't bend. The hands, become locked like fists, the thumb tucked inside of the hand.
Most children develop pneumonia several times in their lives.
Please note, that in our case, Robin s immune system was extremely low. While he was in the hospital for the second time, rushed by ambulance on the 27 October with aspirated pneumonia. I had woken up at 5 am to feed him, because he was on a very tight schedule set by the dietician. When I went to check on him I had noticed that he had thrown up and his breathing was labored. On closer examination he also looked a little gray.