Update #23 on Matt's Brother, Kevin

First things first. Kevin two procedures this morning and they both went really well. He had a tracheostomy put in his neck for respiratory functions and a feeding plug into his stomach. Afterwards, they bathed him and he is resting now from all the procedures.


Afterwards, Angie was in with him and saw him make something like a swallow action. The nurse told us that since the tubes are no longer in his throat, he will now just swallow the secretions that they have been siphoning out until now.

We are in the process of moving our communication lines to a more purposeful direction. If you would like to receive or continue receiving email updates you need to go to http://www.prayforkevin.com/ and choose to subscribe to Google Groups “Pray for Kevin” on the upper right side of the page. You can also go directly to http://groups.google.com/group/prayforkevin and sign up there too. We will be posting all updates on www.prayforkevin.com and we welcome all comments and notes to the family and Kevin.

If you use Twitter, you can sign up for bite-size updates at http://twitter.com/pray4kevin You can even choose to follow these updates and have them sent as text messages to your phone. These will be all throughout the day, around 140 characters or less each time.

I will continue posting updates on my Facebook account under “My Notes” section, but if you are in the Taking Christ to Italy: Go Verona group we will cease putting regular communication there too. Instead we have a group on Facebook called Pray for Kevin, it is found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140853109176 or listed under groups that I belong too.

Over the weekend I will be using the old format of communication, as well as the new format. Sorry if you get double or triple messages. After the weekend I will focus only on the new format of communication, after allowing time for people to join what the want to receive.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this transition, we don’t want to leave anyone out!! We are also considering silicone bracelets for people to wear who want to show their prayer support for Kevin. We just have to explore how to pay for these.

Today is Kevin’s son Kohl’s 19th birthday. Pray that we have a great celebration in the midst of tragedy and craziness.

Thanks for your prayers. Thanks for your encouragement. Thanks for your love. Thanks for your help.

Thanks,
Matt, Angie & Family