Kevin's Healing Journey: Walking Videos - Before and After 2017 Surgeries

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Walking Videos - Before and After 2017 Surgeries

WALKING BEFORE SURGERY

Video of Kevin walking in 2015 and 2016 before his orthopedic surgeries in 2017. I wish I had taken video of him walking before each surgery but I have to make do with earlier videos.

Walking barefoot 11/3/15

Walking with shoes 11/3/15

Walking with his first solid brace in mollie suit 6/15/16

WALKING AFTER SURGERY

Video of Kevin walking after two surgeries in 2017. In January 2017 he had surgery on his left foot to lengthen the heel cord and fuse his big toe. In June 2017 he had hip surgery. Add in 5 weeks of intense inpatient rehabilitation in August/September 2017 and countless hours of outpatient, home, and pool therapy.

Walking barefoot 2/17/18

Walking with solid brace 2/16/18

As you can see in the barefoot video, Kevin's right leg is longer than his left. Kevin's next (and hopefully last) orthopedic surgery is on February 19, 2018. This procedure is for bone growth restriction on his right leg (good leg). More details in next post.

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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.