Kevin's Healing Journey: IHM 1 Mile Fun Walk

Friday, May 10, 2019

IHM 1 Mile Fun Walk - May 4, 2019

This is the first time Kevin has walked (instead of stroller ride) during a 1 mile Fun Run/Walk. It was a little chilly and a little bit rainy (not too much to soak his only pair of shoes) and we had fun! I got Jon to sign up for the walk so he could get a fun t-shirt like all the cool kids :)

IHM our church's day school has this fundraiser every year. Last year, I had Kevin ride his trike bike on the sidewalk as the 5K runners went by to cheer them on...but this year we supported the school that Kevin is going to for art classes and signed up for the event. When we arrived, some of the kids we have met through art class saw Kevin and immediately gave Kevin their excited cheerful greeting!

We were about 1/4 into the mile and the 5K runners started passing us to finish the race...LOL...we were the last ones to finish for the 1 mile but we still beat some of the 5Kers. Kevin's Physical Therapist suggested that we start keeping track of his time so we can compare it over the years to come.

May the 4th Be With You

1 mile = about 30 minutes

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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.