One of the big changes that we have noticed recently is the increase in verbal sounds that Kevin is making. It seems to be mostly from the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy but many of our daily programs are to help improve this long awaited ability. We are very encouraged when we hear him repeat sounds and when we hear the occasional word, usually only once.
Here are a couple of examples of recent words we have heard:
One Sunday we decided to go for a walk at a local trail after sitting around all afternoon watching football. For some reason, Jon remarked that maybe we would see a bear during our walk. Well as we were walking along, a man and his very large dog were walking towards us. At the same time two other people were walking towards us with two small dogs. As the dogs passed, I remarked that the very big dog did look like a bear. And Kevin immediately began vocalizing many sounds and Jon and I both heard “bbbeeaarr” and “do dogs” (bear and two dogs). It was very exciting especially to have Jon there to witness it as well.
One other day, Kevin and I were finishing lunch and after he finished his last bite he pushed his dish away and said “all done”.
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