Kevin's Healing Journey: January 2018

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Happy New Year 2018

First time Kevin stayed up until midnight to bring in the New Year!

He had no problems staying awake with his cousins

and more importantly he slept in the next morning.

Fondue New Years Eve with Uncle Steve and family

The girls came up a few days early to spend time with us.
We went to see the movie Wonder together.

Hungry Hippos
Loved the cousins playing together and using Kevin's Talker

1,000 piece puzzle completed in 3 days

December 18, 2017 - We had a fun day out with Grandma. Went to see the movie Ferdinand. Made a stop at the store to pick up my Christmas cards before getting a bite to eat. While in the store, Grandma and Kevin found the character toys that sing and dance. Kevin took to Sam the Snowman (Burl Ives) and Grandma treated him and got it for him. This made me really happy because I can't remember Kevin ever finding something in a store that he wanted. Thanks Grandma!

Kevin loves listening to his Nutcracker music Christmas card.

A friend gave us this fair trade Christmas ornament as a momento for Kevin's trike bike year.

WGS Christmas

I took these photos of Kevin still admiring our Christmas tree on January 3...just a few days before I was planning to take down our Christmas decorations. So I decided to take everything down except this tree and Jon's ceramic houses for the rest of the month. We are all enjoying having the extra light and spirit of Christmas during this cold and snowy January month.

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.

Kevin's Healing Journey

Saturday, January 13, 2018

CAVS Game - January 2, 2018

Happy New Year 2018

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