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Though the odds were against him ever walking again, Kevin never gave up hope. Now, he shows the world just how much a few steps can mean!
To get to the point of walking, Kevin has gone through months of grueling rehabilitation at Houston's Memorial Hermann hospital with the help of a team of doctors, occupational therapists like Rafferty Laredo, and his mom, Patricia. "Ever since I was a kid, she's been taking care of me. Whenever I was sick, she was there, just nursing me up," Kevin says. "When this happened, she just went into full force."
Kevin says he remembers the moment when he was injured?he couldn't move or feel his body and could barely breathe. "The first thing that entered my mind was my family, how scared they were just seeing me lying on the ground like that," he says. "That was the main thing on my mind."
Kevin says he actually tried to stand up after the collision. "I was trying to be a tough guy, trying to get up, thinking it was just a stinger or something like that," he says. "But it was the real deal. Me being paralyzed had entered my mind. I didn't want to accept it at the time, so I tried to get up but couldn't?not at all."
Kevin says his devastating injury and miraculous recovery has given him a new perspective and purpose in his life. "I believe God has a bigger plan for me. He's preparing me for it right now," he says. "So I'm going to keep on striving and doing right, surrounding myself with positive people, and expect the best."
He says he hopes how far he's come can give others hope. "Seeing how hopeless [other spinal cord injury patients] are at times, and being able to talk to them, and being some inspiration to them is just a great feeling," he says. "It keeps me going every day."
