Have you
HEARD Kevin lately!? He is much more
verbal. We get to listen to long lasting
stretches of glorious babbling! We began
noticing an improvement in his verbal sounds about the time of our last
revisit, and more improvement in March, and even more improvement during and
after his time with the Solisten (Tomatis) program that he had in April. We have had spurts of verbal sounds in the
past few years but then Kevin would always lose this ability. This is probably
the most sounds we have heard, the longest nonstop verbal babbling we have
heard, and the longest period of time we have had sound from him. I LOVE IT!
In fact, during a Skype appointment with FHC about a month ago, Kevin
and I were having a sign language session, and I was trying to get Kevin to do
the sign for rain and sun. Jennifer
observed him making sounds and commented that it was a different sound during
rain versus sun. And sometimes Kevin
will even answer a question with his version of yes “yay” and no “uh uh”. It’s very exciting to hear!
We have
continued to participate in the library story times and I have recently
received lovely compliments from the librarians regarding Kevin. They have made wonderful comments about how
much more engaged, social, and happy Kevin is than when we began in the
fall. I wish you could see him
participate and watch the kids in story time, he loves being there. Kevin seeks out the librarians upon arrival
to the children’s room (they even ask him to ring the bell), he shakes their
hand before he leaves and signs thank you.
He also does this after church with the priest. I also love that people that see Kevin in the
community are noticing some of the positive changes we are working so hard on with
him, better walking, and less gulping/swallowing air. And it has been my proud pleasure to announce
to the neighbors as they try to hide their dogs from Kevin (because Kevin has
always been so afraid of their dogs), that Kevin is no longer afraid, and if it
is alright with them, Kevin gives many dogs in the neighborhood a treat. A puppy, even jumped up on Kevin and I think
Kevin laughed! What a difference!
Another
change is Kevin weighs 51 pounds! This
is significant because our first two years with FHC, Kevin was 40 pounds and he
remained at that weight until our last revisit (November 2012) he finally
increased to 45 pounds. And now he has
gained an additional 6 pounds in 6 months.
This is big, because it must mean that his body is finally absorbing all
those good nutrients.
Don’t forget
to check out the blog. If you would like
to read more about our visit that includes Kevin’s New Program for
Spring/Summer 2013 where I describe some of our new programs including some
additional developmental highlights from other parts of his program. A few other parts of the program I discuss
further are: taking Kevin for additional sessions of Colon Hydrotherapy; our
theory behind the gulping air; a minor foot surgery called HyProCure; and laser
reflex integration. My favorite blog
story over the last six months is “I WANT SUNBUTTER” (April 2013) and be sure
to check out pictures of Kevin to SEE how happy he is and videos featured to
HEAR how happy he is and a small sample of his verbal sounds. And don’t forget to watch the “Walking Better
on April 2, 2013” video. Search the Blog
Archive listed on the side panel to find past posts or scroll down to the
bottom of the blog and click on Older Posts to find all the recent additions to
the blog. www.hudakfamily.blogspot.com
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