Update #62 on Kevin

Last night, Angie and I stayed with Kevin. We went to the fair last night. Our family had fun together, even though it was strange that Kevin wasn’t there. We walked around, went in buildings, ate food and played games. Really, the only game we played was the knife game. It is a favorite of my family. I won a couple red knives in Kevin’s honor, red is his favorite color. After the fair we came back to relieve a family friend and our mom and dad. Then we spent the night.


Kevin had a relatively good night. Yesterday, the doctor had increased his tube feeding rate from 50 to 70 and he has been having some issues adjusting to the digestion. He has had various high residuals (leftovers in his belly). Sometimes that is part of his body getting used to the new amount. Pray that his stomach can start handling the new amounts, which will give him more nutrition.

Kevin has had his trach capped since 2:30 pm (it is 5:04 pm now). So he is going on 3 hours, which was his record so far to date breathing only through his nose and mouth. He is supposed to be moved into his blue neuro chair around 6:00 pm for his evening stint. This morning, he was having different spasms, and his heart rate went up. The doctor explained to us that this is a byproduct of being stimulated, including us touching him. It isn’t causing him pain, it’s like when you work out with weights, you work hard and your heart rate goes up. He said we don’t want to stop touching him, so therefore we accept the byproduct.

The doctor ordered an MRI for Kevin’s eye on Monday morning. EMSA will arrive around 11:30 AM, he’ll go to Southcrest and come back afterwards. I believe this will also give us an MRI of Kevin’s brain at the same time. Two for one!

Thanks for praying and reading,
Matt, Angie and family
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