Sunday, April 26, 2009

Keegan's Angels

A big HUGE Thank you to everyone at KKI and Ronald McDonald House!



Keegan's Therapists at KKI

Amy, Judith and Kristen! We love you guys! We appreciate all your hard work and help!




Keegan said "Amy "and made her Day! (Amy-He saw a video of you helping him on the walker last night and said "A-mee".







Marybeth, Keegan and Amy working in the gym.






MaryAnne from the Ronald McDonald house with Keegan at the Orioles game!

Thank you Under Armor for a fun night at the baseball game!





Drew, Keegan and Papa

Thanks Dad for making the trip and all your help with Keegan these past 2 weeks.




Keegan also wants to send a special Thanks to Janet Dean, and his new friends Alec, Brenden, Lizzie, Pfifer, and Erin, Jade, Taylor and Chris. Thanks for making our time at KKI more enjoyable. We wish you all the best!


Love Drew, Leslie, Keegan and Papa










KKI Week 2

KKI - Week 2
Keegan really had a good 2nd week at KKI. We are proud of him. See what he has been doing in PT.

Look at that little boy go!


More fun times in PT! The tryke is Keegan's favorite! He took to it right away. The walker took a little longer.........

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

April 2009 @ KKI

Day 3
Kennedy Kreager Institute Baltimore, MD



We are back at KKI for Keegan's physical therapy. It's Day 3, and here are some of the highlights.
Keegan loves the Amtryke. It's a triycycle that pedals with both the feet and hands. He is strong enough to make it go on his own. It is a big hit!



Keegan and Erin ride it down to see the "fishies" a mural on the wall in the hospital.




Yesterday, Keegan posed with Mom, Dorothy Hamill (the ice skater) and Judith his PT. Cool dude!


More to come this week!
Bye for now
-Leslie





























Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Small Steps

When I got home from work the other day, I got a big surprise. Keegan has a new trick. Watch!






It was so awesome! Last week we noticed that while on the harness for the treadmill he was able to take a step on his own and move his legs around. This is big news! It seems like about 7 days after Keegan has IVIG treatment, we seem to see some big changes.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Stipe LIfe News

The month of January has flown by and been full of suprises!

Keegan has begun to crawl! Not full blown crawling yet, but a good start. He can pull up each leg to get through about one full crawl. This is enough to get his toy or the dog. We are very excited for him and hope that he will continue to get stronger and stronger. We continue Keegan's physical therapy, mostly at home, using our the electrodes and our new lite-gate system.
Every night we go for a walk on the treadmill while we sing and watch the Wiggles. The lite-gate suspends Keegan over the treadmill so that we can walk his legs. He starts out very strong and lifts his legs up in step. He seems much stronger to us than he was in Dec when we were in Baltimore. We keep praying that Keegan will keep up his recovery.

Family
We got to spend the day with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousins. It was great to see and chat with everyone. It's hard to believe my cousin's little kids have grown so fast! It makes me cherish my time with my little man, while he's still a little man. Keegan enjoyed seeing Aunt Nina and playing with his 6 yr old cousins, and their big kid toys. We miss seeing everyone and want to make a point to get together more often. Please keep my Aunt Nina in your prayers, as she is battling cancer.

Home Sweet Home
Well...........we are moving. We found a great deal on a gorgeous ranch style house about 10 minutes from where we are now. Drew liked it and so did I. It was bank owned and they accepted our low - ball offer in 30 minutes. I hope that it is meant to be. We have been thinking for awhile now that our 2 story home with a split level main floor would not be ideal for Keegan longterm. So that means our house is for sale. And for rent. I guess which ever happens first. Please pray that we can sell or rent it soon.
Wish us luck. I'm pretty nervous. I guess I better start packing......... we close on March 2nd. Pics to come.




We are Thankful for Keegan's grandparents. Thanks for all your help in the last few weekends. It has been so nice to be able to get out a few times and leave Keegan with you.
I am Thankful for the heat wave that we had in mid January. Nothing like a 70 degree day and several 50-60 degree days in January to make you love Colorado. I think I needed that to get through the rest of winter. This morning it was back to January, -2 degrees.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Big Boy Haircut

That hair is getting pretty long!



"I'm not so sure about this..."










"They call me Iceman!"














CNN Video & Angel Video

Hi

Keegan was on CNN the Sat after Christmas, for like 2 seconds. Watch the video.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/12/27/bouldan.philanthropic.recession.cnn?iref=videosearch



This video is also very cool. Angel sighted in Charlotte NC hospital before Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAF01WG6FyQ