Last night, Kevin struggled with fever and fast heartrate. They gave him several breathing treatments and the respiratory therapist explained very well the tracheotomy that they intend to place in Kevin’s throat sometime next week. They did several tests over the last day, EKG – came back normal, routine sonogram on Kevin’s legs (looking for blood blots) – came back clear, X-ray of Kevin’s neck (apparently, Kevin also has two fractures in his neck, but for some reason they hadn’t told us yet) and finally, a CTscan of Kevin’s face to determine if there are fractures (we understand this to be a routine exam too). They were going to put Kevin on antibiotics because they think he does have either pneumonia or bronchitis. This is a setback. The neurosurgeon did reflex tests again on Kevin. No pupil response yet. Today his eyelids did not try to close with the Kleenex/eye test. However, both of Kevin’s legs jerked when the doctor pinched a toe on each one.
The family has been able to take some time off since we arrived, which has been good. Greg has been over at Kevin’s house today while the water removal is going on. A few of us have been holding the line at the hospital today. Sometimes there are struggles with discouragement, sometimes we don’t give into the temptation. We continue to cry out to God to heal Kevin completely even as the doctors give us very little hope.
This morning, while the physical therapist was with Kevin, she taught Angie how to move Kevin’s limbs to help avoid joint stiffness. She works on that as well as massages his feet and hands to keep circulation going. She can now teach some of the other family members how to do this as they return to the hospital.
For those that have offered to help, we have been trying to get a couple things organized. First, we have a food coordinator, Jeff Congdon. Jeff is the Senior Minister of Sandusky Avenue Christian Church in Tulsa. If you are wanting to bring meals up, cook food, pick up food etc… for the family at the hospital, you can give Jeff a call or shoot him an email. His cell phone number is 918-408-7680 and his email address is jeffcongdon@sbcglobal.net. This will help release the family from dealing with the coordination of meals as well as take care of “double-bookings” and confusion.
The other way you can help is that Highland Park Christian Church in Tulsa has set up a couple hotel rooms for our family to stay at together while we go through this crisis. Some of us are from out of town, others from town but wanting to be with family. The hotel rooms allow us to have an extension of the waiting room for our family to be together. If you want to help offset the cost of this you can contact Brian Jennings at Highland Park Christian Church. The number is 918-627-0783 and the email is brianj@hp4Christ.org.
Every once in awhile we come up with things we need or errands run. These are mainly done in a random manner. Thanks so much for your prayers, words of encouragement and visits. It means a lot. If you want to pray for my family by name:
Kevin Crosser (brother in hospital)
Bill & Jeanne Crosser (Dad & Mom)
Taylor, Kohl and Jacob Crosser (Kevin’s kids aged 21, 18 & 14)
Greg Crosser (brother)
Brandon & Brittany Crosser (Greg’s kids)
Thanks for your love,
Matt & Angie
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