Kevin's Healing Journey: 2015 A Year of Blessings

Thursday, December 31, 2015

2015 A Year of Blessings

I declared 2015 to be a year of Blessings and since my lucky number is 26 - here are 26 blessings from this year

Kevin received Jesus in his First Holy Communion
Kevin can say “Bye”!!!
Jon’s new job at Midwest Health Services
Kevin’s laugh and excitement when he is with family & friends
Kevin’s joyful babbling/singing sounds
6 healing visits with Dr. Nemeh
Generous support to see Dr. Nemeh
Wednesday Grandma Jackie visits and stories
Friday zoo visits with Kevin’s Aunt Sarah and Cousin Ethan
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
11 years with our special boy Kevin
Screwdrivers & batteries
Kevin shenanigans
14 G family members filling up our home for a very special Thanksgiving
New Friends & Old Friends
Kevin kisses & snuggles
Father Jim and our IHM Church Family
18 years of marriage
A 19 year old girl who gave my Dad the gift of life - DonateLife
Myrtle beach vacation with the G’s - riding waves on a boogie boards & pool time with Grandee & Pap
More joy and peace this year
Kevin’s first Akron RubberDucks baseball game and Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game
A day in Amish country and a new cabinet
Cousin music videos
Love from God through a hard working husband, an inspiring son, and supportive family & friends
Believing in miracles

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This blog was created to keep our family and friends updated on Kevin's healing journey. It is also our hope that others may find this blog to give help and hope to other delayed kids.

About Kevin

They told us Kevin would never walk or talk. But with lots of prayers, hard work, and extra hands, he began walking when he was four years old and we continue to have faith and hope as we wait patiently for his speech to develop. Kevin is now eight years old. He is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy due to a brain-injury he had before birth that was caused by a stroke. In 2006, before Kevin was 2 years old, we found Glenn Doman’s book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" that had answers to help children with special needs and developmental delays. We began an individualized home treatment program for Kevin immediately and have been dedicated to our program ever since. We spent three years with the Doman family at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) and now we are with Matthew and Carol Newell at The Family Hope Center (FHC). Twice a year we return to Philadelphia where Kevin receives a neurological evaluation to determine the progress he has made in the last six months. Then they provide us with an individualized, program that puts me in charge to help Kevin develop and reach his fullest potential.

Do You Know a Delayed Child?

The best recommendation we can give to another parent with a special needs or developmentally delayed child (brain-injured, brain-damaged, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, cerebral-palsied, epileptic, autistic, athetoid, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, developmentally delayed, or down's) is to read Glenn Doman's book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child and/or Dr. Coralee Thompson and Dr. Philip Maffetone's book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children. By simply reading these books, you will gain valuable information to help your child which will begin to unlock the potential your child has. And best of all you will learn that there are other options to helping your child that you can do yourself. We would also highly recommend attending the parent course at FHC or IAHP. To read how our journey began and the successful progress Kevin has had refer to the January 2010 blog archive.