Kevin's Healing Journey: 2009

Sunday, January 17, 2010

2009

And then the day we had been waiting for, for so long came on February 26, 2009. Kevin began walking a distance of six feet. This happened only three days after completing one mile (100 laps) on the overhead ladder.

It is very clear to me that after attending the 2006 Healing Service with Dr. Nemeh we gained strength through faith. We began receiving glimmers of hope with Kevin gaining weight and finding a doctor to wean him from his seizure medication. But finding Glenn Doman and The Institutes gave us the direction on how to make our hurt child well and the faith that it could happen. Kevin would not be walking without the expert guidance we have received from them.

During our summer honeymoon I realized how far Kevin has come since we first began The Institutes program three years ago. Kevin went from a Mobility Level I only able to move his arms and legs with his only mobility as rolling to now being able to walk. It is much to be proud of for all the hard work Kevin has accomplished. But we have also realized that we still have more work to do on his pathway to wellness.

When we returned for our seventh visit to IAHP in September of 2009, Kevin officially received his WALKING VICTORY. Kevin made excellent improvement in quality and quantity. Overall his growth rate compared to beginning of the program is 213%. This means that when Kevin originally began the program in June of 2006 he was 20 months old and was functioning at the neurological age of a 6 month old. Now Kevin is 59 months (1 month from his 5th birthday) and his neurological age is at a 29 month old.

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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.