As I mentioned earlier, Kevin weighs 51 pounds! This is significant because when we began with FHC 2 years ago, Kevin was 40 pounds and he remained at that weight until our last revisit (November 2012) he finally increased to 45 pounds. And now he has gained an additional 6 pounds in 6 months. This is big, because it must mean that his body is finally absorbing those good nutrients. He also grew 2 inches in height as well. We have continued to see some improvement in his digestion this last six months and when we look where he was 3 years ago there is progress but we still need more progress. Kevin had is first colon cleanse last month. Colon Hydrotherapy is a safe and gentle process to cleanse the colon of waste materials with water. We will continue to have more sessions to help get closer to regular elimination and improved digestion.
Physiological
Program
Regarding
Kevin gulping/swallowing air, we believe that this is likely caused by being
tired, bored, or stressed. And we also
feel that some of Kevin’s Breathing Programs may cause him stress in some way
and contribute to the gulping problem.
So for the time being we will continue to suspend the Reflex Bags. For the Carbogen Therapy Program, we will
switch from the breathing mask to a nasal tube to observe if that causes less
stress on him. Kevin will continue to
get an increase of oxygen for his brain and body through the Mild Hyperbaric
Therapy. And we will also continue the
Coordinated Breathing Program by Audio to encourage good rhythmic
breathing.
Sensory
Stimulation Program
Kevin will
receive a second session with the Solisten (Tomatis) Headphone Program at some
point this summer to further help improve Kevin’s language. We will continue with the Oral Motor,
Olfactory, and Tactile Program to help improve sensations.
Language and
Learning and Social Program
We will
continue to teach and use sign language in our daily life while encouraging
vocal sounds. We will also continue to
develop purposeful play to help generate his own play actions. We hope this will diminish his pen play and
other non-purposeful play actions. One
thought that was discussed was that possibly the new pen play (mouthing &
flicking) may be replacing the gulping, not ideal, but a step better than
filling his belly with air.
Physical
Program – Basic Brain Organization
We will
continue to crawl and creep with our very helpful and motivating
volunteers. This not only helps Kevin
physically with his walking but it also helps increase concentration, develop
mouth control (swallowing, chewing, tongue control, verbal sounds), and better
filtering.
If you have
visited the blog recently, I posted a video of Kevin walking in the mall on
April 2 with some very good walking. We
feel that our close work with Dr. Joe using the orthotic inserts and wedge adjustments
to his left shoe as well as the crawling (with toe digs), muscle stimulation,
and walking track have all contributed to his progression in this area, but
once again, we still need more progress.
Dr. Joe is now recommending a minor surgery for both of Kevin’s feet
called HyProCure for Partial Talotarsal Dislocation. This is when the ankle bone displaces off of
its natural alignment and begins to collapse and cause abnormal motion. The minor surgery will place a small “pin”
(with no drilling or screwing) to act as a stent to internally stabilize his
ankles and help correct his feet. The
bad news is that Kevin will have to be off his feet for 3 weeks following
surgery. So we are in the process of
discussing the best time to have this performed. www.hyprocure.com
I think we have also decided to purchase the
laser that Kevin received a sample session of last year during our visit (see
Blog, April 2012 – Reflex Integration with Lasers). The Quantum Reflex Integration (QRI) uses a
low level laser combined with the reflex integration techniques (that we have
been doing by hand). This will achieve
better and faster results, it will also enable us to do all the reflexes
instead of concentrating on just a few because of the time it takes to do it by
hand. www.reflexintegration.net
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