Kevin's Healing Journey: LifeBanc Gift of Life Walk

Thursday, August 29, 2019

LifeBanc Gift of Life Walk - August 17, 2019

Kevin WALKED the 1 mile...good thing he had a comfy green chair to sit down on afterwards...and then we got popsicles at the farmers marketing and he was all smiles.

Actually, I think the sun was just in his eyes in the chair. But it reminds me that it takes a lot more energy and effort for Kevin a CP kid to walk a mile than it does for me. I am proud of him and I love being able to participate in these events together. We missed doing this event with my Dad (heart recipient) but we were thinking about you and Mom while we were on your Alaska trip! Can't wait to hear all about it.

3 comments:

DAPFriday, August 30, 2019
Beautiful post! Beautiful family! (The GOLWR is near and dear to me, as a heart recipient)

May God bless you and watch over you!
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Kevin's MomSaturday, August 31, 2019
Thanks for your comment. My dad is a heart recipient too. We’ll be celebrating 6 years in a couple weeks. Blessings to you!
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Sarah BetzMonday, September 02, 2019
Kevin, you’re a rockstar!! Way to go dude!
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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.