Kevin's Healing Journey: 2018 Fun Days for Mama

Sunday, January 6, 2019

2018 Fun Days for Mama

Freedom is the word I have used to describe the year 2018. Kevin is walking so much better and it has provided us with lots of new opportunities as a family. Kevin is also independent going to the bathroom and that has brought a new level of freedom to our life...especially when out of the house. For some reason, all of this freedom has allowed me to find a little freedom of my own.

July 12, 2018 - Night out with my sister

June 21, 2018 - Day trip to Friend's cabin on Lake Erie

July 15, 2018 - Maumee Bay

Lake Erie

July 31, 2018 - HiHo Brewery & IHM Concert

Flowers from my Sister in August
"Thank you so much for creating such awesome memories
for Daniel and Carrie! They had a great time with you guys and
enjoyed all of the amazing experiences! THANK YOU!

September 26, 2018 - Happy 45th Birthday to Me!

November 2, 2018 - Wedding at Mapleside Farms

November 3, 2018 - Wedding with the WGS

November 14, 2018 - Les Miserable at PlayHouse Square

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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.