Monday, September 28, 2009

Update #59 on Kevin

So Kevin ended up breathing with the speaking valve on for ten hours today (minus the 30 minutes he had a breathing treatment). The Respiratory therapist switched Kevin back on Wall-Flow so he could have a break tonight throughout the night. He did great on it tonight. Breathing in through the trach, and out through his mouth and nose. Pray that he can make the switch over to the trach cap. That means everything goes through his mouth and nose, no trach support for that!


His right eye was definitely less swollen today, but it was still very red and extremely irritated. It continues to appear that there is a layer of puss just under the outer skin of the eye. Pray that it can be determined if the infection has entered his actual eyeball.

One of Kevin’s nurses had it set up so that she could remotely monitor his blood pressure. Just another way to watch over Kevin as he continues to heal. As soon as she was told it was set-up we heard the cuff start airing up! I love technology.

For the past week, whenever Kevin has been put in his blue neuro chair, he starts having these synchronized muscle reflexes. Both legs, both arms, both hands and all fingers contract in bursts. It will last anywhere from 2 minutes to 45 minutes. Physical and Occupational therapy told us that his brain is firing signals to his muscles. His brain fires too much at one time. When he begins having these, we can slowly push his hand backwards towards his foreman and hold pressure. It helps his body to relax. The goal is for his brain to fire just the right amount of signal.

I returned our rental car today. As the employee was driving me back to drop me off, we began talking about where she was dropping me off. I explained it was at Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital. I told her my brother was in a coma after an automobile accident. She knew my name from the rental and asked if I was related to Kevin Crosser. I told her I was his brother and that was the brother that was in the hospital in a coma. She reacted with surprise that she knows Kevin. Her husband worked with him in the past. It is hard for one of us in the family to go anywhere without someone knowing Kevin. He knew so many people. And he had a big impact on quite a few of them.

The stitches are out of Kevin’s wound on the right side of his head. His scar is healing up nicely and hair is growing back in around it. The scabs on his ears, have all but fallen off, or completely healed.

I’ll close tonight’s with Kevin’s stats…
Heart rate 89-95 beats per minute
Respiratory rate 20-24 breaths per minute
Latest blood pressure 97 over 55
And his Oxygen is holding firm at 100.

Thanks for praying for all these things! Let’s thank God together that he has answered so many prayers. Please pray for healing of Kevin’s mind. Pray for healing of Kevin’s brainstem. Thank you for giving your time to the recovery of Kevin.

Matt, Angie and family
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