Sunday, August 23, 2009

Update #5 on Matt's Brother, Kevin 20090823

So, we have spent the last day preparing to head back to the states. We fly out tomorrow morning from Milan. We told the groundskeeper of our building what was going on and he insisted on driving us two hours to the airport! April has Brinkley and is looking out for some of our stuff. The Caseys are staying until tomorrow to help us with final details. We will arrive in Tulsa at 10:23 PM Monday night and I want to go see Kevin.


Today, we found out that even though Kevin was taken off the sedative, the neurosurgeon said Kevin is still on a major painkiller which sort of acts as a sedative. This drug would make it so Kevin would sedated, even without a sedative. He said it will keep him from remembering any pain, as well as keep him from hearing anything we might be telling him. This is strange for two reasons, first they told the family to talk to him since he was off his sedative. The other reason it is strange is because the first thing the neurosurgeon did when he came in the room was call out loud Kevin’s name. Why do that and then tell the family we can say whatever we want, but he won’t hear us. We do know that God will. The neurosurgeon said he would be on this pain killing drug till around Tuesday or Wednesday. Please keep praying for Kevin’s full recovery. He is blessed to have so many of you praying for him and his family.

On a good note, they gave Kevin another CAT scan and they said the swelling had went down on the brain and his blood clots surrounding the brain stem are not any worse!! Please keep praying for the removal of these clots and full healing of his brain.

We look forward to seeing family, friends and especially, Kevin, tomorrow night.

In Christ,
Matt & Angie

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