Kevin's Healing Journey: Merry Christmas 2015

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Merry Christmas 2015

I realized another Big Blessing this year for Christmas. In the past, (no matter how hard I try not to) I always feel a little sad at Christmas because Kevin doesn't get excited about any aspect of Christmas gifts. I know this isn't a bad thing but I feel like I've missed out on that Christmas morning excitement. This year I realized that Kevin experiences that Christmas morning excitement every time we are with my family. Every time we visit or they visit us Kevin is full of anticipation before the visit and we can predict that the first morning of the visit, Kevin will wake up very early - like "Christmas morning early" so that he can have snuggle/giggle time in bed with Grandee and Pap. I love this blessing and I wouldn't want it any other way! We don't have to wait until Christmas to have that magic moment and it is over family (people) not gifts (things). I also want to thank Santa for always delivering the Big Red Bag full of gifts for Kevin and all his cousins - because even though Kevin may not get excited, the Cousin's do and it is a treat for me to see the kids excitement and of course to be with family! Next year, I think we will skip the gifts between Jon, Kevin, and myself and just spend a day together doing something we all enjoy.

Playing with the train at Grandma's

Playing with Cousin Ethan

New Christmas Pajamas!

Annual Sled Photo

The annual sled photo rarely has snow to go with it

The Santa Bag!

Snoopy!

Fr. John

LOL!

Pap's Train

2 comments:

Emily PackWednesday, January 13, 2016
love the photos! Great family.
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Kevin's MomThursday, January 14, 2016
Thanks Emily! XO
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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.