Update #60 on Kevin

Kevin did well throughout the night, as far as his stats are concerned. This morning the doctor looked at Kevin’s right eye (the one severely infected). He saw that there was some white coming back into his eye. We looked at his eye and saw it too. There is a sliver of white on the left side of his right iris. Also above his iris, there is white with a web of red veins, but you can see the white peeking through. The rest of the sclera (white part) is fire engine red, but the filmy layer of pus has come off the iris, so you can see his brown iris.


They put him in his blue neuro chair at 10:00 AM. Around 11:30 AM the Respiratory Therapist placed the cap on the trach again. This blocks off the trach hole and forces Kevin to use only his mouth and nose for all breathing functions. This time, Kevin seemed to adjust well. His heartrate did not go up. His respiratory rate only increased from 22 breaths per minute (bpm) to 25-26 bpm’s.

At 11:45 AM Kevin started having a muscle spasm reflex in his right arm. I used a technique taught to us by the Physical and Occupational therapists. You slowly bend his hand back and hold it in the position. I did that for about 30 minutes, giving him a rest. His heart rate is between 103-110 and his respiratory rate is between 20-25 bpm.

We are trying to investigate the next stage facilities for whenever that may come. If this were his last week, we would need to move him in the next couple days. However, he is still on IV antibiotics and they are trying to work on capping his trach. So that makes it less likely that this is his last week.

The thing is, we want him to be wherever God wants him to be for healing. Please just pray that God would place Kevin wherever he wants him to be.

Thanks for praying and reading,
Matt, Angie and family
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