Kevin's Healing Journey: December 2016

Thursday, December 29, 2016

You Gotta HEAR This!

Kevin's verbal sounds have come back again!

BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT EVER!

12/24/16 - Kevin saying "bye" to Uncle Steve's car

12/27/16 - Kevin in the car saying "bye"

to Aunt Sarah & Cousin Ethan.

Recorded by Cousin Sara.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Holiday Dance Recital - December 17, 2016

Kevin's first recital with Dance Unlimited. A dance group for kids of all abilities and they are the most inspiring kiddos I have ever met. They fill my heart with joy and my eyes with tears.

Thanks for coming Aunt Sarah!

Instructor Kellie is full of energy and all heart

Kevin's wonderful helper Joan

Backstage

I am so proud of him

"It's a Marshmallow World"

Regina - Kevin's Awesome Babysitter

Maddie inspired us to join the dance group

Friday, December 16, 2016

White Christmas in Cleveland 2016

Our Christmas gift this year to each other was an overnight in Cleveland.

Santa at West Side Market

Cleveland Botanical Garden

Costa Rica Rainforest

Butterfly in the Glasshouse

Bananas

Butterfly

Glow Garden?

GE Holiday Lights - 500,000 lights

Dinner time at the hotel

Public Square

Horse Carriage Ride

Watching the ice skaters

Christmas Story display in old Higbee store window
"You'll shoot your eye out!"

25 degrees

Big smile here...but not long after he was sad...maybe just chilly

4 levels of escalators in the lobby - fun!

Honest, we weren't laughing at the Browns and Bengals fans
going to the game on that cold day.

Ralphie's House - Christmas Story

My Blog

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.