Kevin's Healing Journey: 4 weeks post op appointment

Friday, February 17, 2017

4 weeks post op appointment - February 17, 2017

We had Kevin's 4 week post op appointment today and the green cast is off! The doctor said everything looks good after the achilles lengthening and great toe MTP fusion. Toe position is excellent and he was able to get a 10 degree flexion with minimal force.

Kevin has a pneumatic walking boot for the next couple weeks to protect the toe and allow for more healing. We are scheduled to see the orthotist next week to start the process for a new AFO brace. We want to keep his ankle in a good neutral position to keep the achilles where it needs to be. We will follow-up with the doctor in 4 weeks.

We'll begin physical therapy next week but I'm planning to do most of his therapy at home - due to insurance and limited therapy time we need to try to conserve our therapy for after the second surgery later this year. While wearing the boot, he is allowed to weight-bear as tolerated and will begin walking with the AFO brace probably in a couple weeks. For now, we'll start stretching the achilles, hamstring, adductors 3X a day with no pressure on big toe.

Ahhh - real water on my face...instead of mom
giving me a scrub down with a washcloth

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Deb :0)Sunday, February 19, 2017
What truly amazing progress. I'm so excited for all of you!
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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.