Kevin's Healing Journey: September 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

I LOVE YOU

A good friend of ours, Ms. Louise, took Kevin to Build A Bear last Christmas to buy him a bear. The bear includes a sound chip so that when you squeeze the bear's hand it says "I Love You". The bear sits on the couch in our "therapy/work" room and we had both forgotten that it had this ability to say "I love you". But recently Kevin rediscovered it and he likes to push it over and over again. More than once he has pulled me over to him on the couch and figured out a way to put his right arm (the good arm) around my neck AND hold on to the bear's hand so he can press the "I love you" button over and over again while he gives ME a hug. THIS IS THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD!!! But Kevin, I know you love me even without the words...I see it every day in your eyes and your smile and I feel it in your hugs. I LOVE YOU TOO!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Check Up

Kevin loves going to visit the Dentist every six months.

He is getting better with every visit about the actual teeth cleaning.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Music Lover

Kevin has taken a new interest in music.

He loves watching Music Concerts on TV

He even likes to help direct the band with Michael Buble

Mama's happy that he loves country music too

Making his own music!

Garden Update

August 2013

We got lots and lots of Collards and Cucumbers.

Our Tomatoes are just now ripening.

Peppers, Zucchini, and Squash didn't do so well.

We also had Lettuce, Celery, and Kohlrabi.

Good Times with the Cousins

July 2013

"A Boy and an Uncle in a little canoe with the sun shining all around"

Canoeing with Uncle Steve at Armco Park

July 2013

Southern Charm

Before our vacation to Myrtle Beach we stopped in North Carolina

for some Southern Charm with the Carroll Family
June 2013

Myrtle Beach - June 2013

My Blog

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.