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Saab Magalona on son with cerebral palsy: ‘He looks forward to school and keeps asking for more challenges’

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Lance Paolo Lim

<p>“Keep fighting towards progress.”</p><p>These were the words of Saab Magalona as she gave an update about her son Pancho who showed signs of progress three years since he first started to undergo therapy.</p><p>Pancho is one-half of Saab’s twins born in 2018 and was born with cerebral palsy. Her other child, a daughter named Luna, passed away on the same day she was born.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/10/9/fresh-scoops/saab-magalona-jim-bacarro-on-unpleasant-remarks-a-202958"><u><strong>READ: Saab Magalona, Jim Bacarro on unpleasant remarks about their son’s condition: ‘We thought we were prepared for this’<br/></strong></u></a></div><p>In an Instagram post, Saab shared a video from one of Pancho’s therapy sessions in 2019 where he can be seen crying and another video of Pancho laughing while doing therapy three years later.</p><p>Saab said Pancho “despised” therapy before. “Look at my boy’s awesome trunk control. Pancho despised therapy in the beginning. He cried each time because it was outside of his comfort zone,” Saab said.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CllazEpJigR/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A213416%2C%22ls%22%3A213259%2C%22le%22%3A213315.19999998808%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CllazEpJigR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-0" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 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Each month, we pick Heroes Of The Month and donate 100% of your subscription fees to help families of special needs children,” Saab said.  </p><p>“Tomorrow is the start of another month and I hope you can re-subscribe (or sub for the first time!) to help a new set of Heroes 💕 Thank you, Podtrons!” she added.</p><p>Jim and Saab have one other son named Vito.</p>

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Saab Magalona on son with cerebral palsy: ‘He looks forward to school and keeps asking for more challenges’

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Published December 01, 2022 03:08 PM PHT

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