Kevin's Healing Journey: 2009 Snow Much Fun on New Year's Eve

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2009 Snow Much Fun on New Year's Eve

My brother and his family came to our house to celebrate New Years Eve with us. I thought it was very appropriate that Kevin got to end his big year with his cousins and a couple new experiences with them. He got to go sled-riding down a big hill with his uncle, aunt, and cousins. He loved it! And Kevin even went to his first movie in a theater Disney’s Princess and the Frog. It was an exciting way to end a great year.

Now lets talk about Kevin and the snow. I really underestimated what Kevin would be able to do in the snow. When we took Kevin out for the first time to go sled-riding, he had a new pair of snow boots to wear. Now you have to remember that Kevin only got his first pair of shoes this past April. I thought the snow boots would be too heavy for him and he would trip in them…not to mention walking in snow in them. Well he has proven me wrong. Not only can he wear the snow boots but he can walk in deep snow and up a slippery snowy driveway. We have had a lot of fun so far this winter going out in the snow. In fact the other day we went sled-riding to the big hill again and he walked up the hill three times (with some hand held assistance) and then we came home and he walked around the house and then around the block. WOW!!!

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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.