Kevin's Healing Journey: Thank You Family and Friends!

Monday, January 23, 2017

Thank You Family and Friends!

Thank you to our family and friends for the many ways they have blessed us with their prayers, love, and kindness. The support we have received has made this experience so much better than we expected.

For God's answered prayers, for His goodness, and for trusting in His plan for us.

For my husband Jon for always being the strong one - emotionally and physically.

For my brave boy!

For Grandee & Pap spending an entire week with us before, during, and after surgery - keeping us relaxed and helping us out around the house.

For Grandma's faithful weekly visits and activities to keep Kevin stimulated and entertained.

For my sister in law and her fabulous essential oils to help bring us peace.

My sister, for the blanket scarf, my favorite chocolate, and the box of books to help me prepare Kevin for surgery and material for after surgery.

My niece and nephew for each making a special slide show video for Kevin of his favorite things that he will watch over and over!

For the surgeon and medical team for taking good care of Kevin.

No pain!

For the successful nerve block that eliminated his pain and the need for oral medication.

For Grandpa's wheelchair

Music Therapist, piano, guitar, and drums

For a new art activity with a favorite person

For the kindness of a strong wrestler teen

For the healing benefits of the Hyperbaric Chamber

Snuggles

Grandee's meals

Pap's handyandy fixes

For a clean house

For a sunny day in January!

For the love my Wild Goose Sisters give us, for the Novena, and Saint Kevin, Saint George, and Saint Gianna

For everyone that prayed the Novena with us

For the peace and trust and strength that I receive through your prayers.

For Kevin's favorite shows, books, music, and photos

For my bed, bathtub, masseuse, and yoga teacher!

For Hugs from friends!

For Faith, Hope, and Love!

For friendly visits to bring a smile to our face

For the healing and improvements that are to come from this surgery

For the Jesus Calling book that give me the words I need to hear every day.

Our church community for once again supporting us with their powerful prayers and love.

Father Jim for anointing Kevin before his surgery and Father Ralph for his special prayers.

For grapes for Kevin and chocolate for me

For Kevin's winning smile!

We thank you all for the many cards, phone calls, text messages, FaceBook comments and likes, flowers, and treats to let us know you are thinking of us and keeping us in your prayers. We love you and thank God that you are a part of our family.

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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.