Kevin's Healing Journey: Pap & Ryan Visit

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Pap & Ryan Visit - June 8-10, 2019

Pap and Cousin Ryan came up for a visit to go to an Indians game. During their visit, Kevin and I took them to one of our favorite parks The Gorge. When we pulled into the parking lot a big group of motorcyclists arrived at the same time. We started our hike up to Mary Campbell's Cave and then made our way down to the Dam. When got to the Dam, the motorcycle guys were all hanging out. There's a big bench that I always let Kevin have a rest on before we hike back up all the steps. The guys were very kind and immediately got up to make room for Kevin and made friendly conversation with him. I got a kick seeing him sitting on the bench with all these big motorcycle guys and their black sleeveless shirts. As we were leaving, one of the guys came up to me and put a $20 bill in my hand and said that Kevin looked like he deserved some ice cream and wanted the four of us to treat ourselves. I made an attempt to refuse but it was something kind he wanted to do. I didn't explain that Kevin couldn't have ice cream but instead treated him to Smoothie King. What a kind treat!

Mary Campbell's Cave

Gorge Metro Park

Cleveland Indians baseball game

Oh darn...I didn't get to go to the baseball game

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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.