Hi Michell,
There has been a recent report on Australian tv about kids with cerebral palsy taking Botox every 6 months.
Well my opinion is if it helps the situation with your son, use it,  as it will possibly benefit him, although I must say I would never personally use Botox to get rid of wrinkles. I suppose the difference is that one is a want and the other is a need.
Just my opinion
]Moira

Trey's therapist just thinks that the shots will help with growth spurts, I believe to "loosen" up the hamstring and heel cord.  Since he is 2 he still has alot of growth spurts to go.  He is hemaplegic (not sure of the spelling) on the left side, doesn't use the left side like he does the right side due to the second stroke.  He isn't tight in the hand area, just the leg area, but I don't believe he is extremely tight except for the hamstring and maybe heel cord.

Thanks, I look forward to future reading.

Michell,
              Mandy has been getting Botox in her unusable left arm, hand and shoulder for 2 years since she had her strokes. What it does is kinda the oposite of what it does for the womens faces, it actually numbs the spasticity so the spastic muscles can let the area loosen. In faces it freezes the muscle so it does'nt droop or whatever in spastisity it freezes that so it kinda doesn't work anymore so the spastisity is reversed. I hope that makes sense to you, anyway it has helped Mandy TREMENDOUSLY. Mandy's hand was totally curled and could not be opened by anyone anyway they tried, her arm was hooked up under her boob twords her jaw, she can now straighten her arm almost completely and lift her elbow from her side as high almost as her shoulder, and her hand is like a loose letter c shape. When she is tired or really relaxed watching t.v. or something they are almost straight. Botox works best in conjunction with therapy, the therapy is easier and helps the botox along. Mandy gets it every 3 months and ins. pays for it unlike the facial botox, because it is necessary which your Dr. I'm sure will tell them. It is very expensive 500.00 a bottle and Mandy gets 5 each time to cover such a large area. I do suggest some type of pain med. before getting it as it is several needles, if it's only his heel cord and back of the leg it may only need 2 needles. Please don't let the fact that it is needles or that he may need pain med., if need be, defer you it has worked wonderfully for Mandy and just makes her apperence when you see her a little bit more "normal" in her arm and hand for lack of a better word. It makes her feel better. She can slightly and I mean slightly move her wrist up and down, I don't think she will ever use her hand again but it makes her more comfortable. I hope this helps any more questions please ask.
                           Nancy

Nancy,
Thanks for your post. I was starting to wonder why I had never heard of this, since Tyler has Cerebal Palsy and now the effect of his stroke, but your post explained a lot. Tyler's muscles are very relaxed, low muscle tone, and his stroke even relaxed his muscles even more. He definately doesn't need the Botox treatments.

Heck the one thing that helps him get accepted more in Jr. High is the fact that he can bend his fingers backwards just by straightening his hands. "Party Tricks" as we call it, are very cool to that age group.

  I belong to an e-mail group for parents of children with hemipalegia.Many of the chidren have had botox.Kathleen hasn't eneded this because she's actually moer like Tylor, very loose.Every joint in her body can bend like you wouldn't believe.You should see the way she sleeps,her legs crossed underneath her with her feet by her ears.I ahve to unfold her ever chance I get becuase this is terrible for her joints.Her left knee can bend backwards and this is part of what her AFO helps with.I don't think I've seen anything negative about the botox except may if the insurance won't pay.
Mary Grace