Update #93 on Kevin

You prayed and we have our answer. This morning we received the news that St. Francis’ sub-acute rehab was denying our request. They ended up not sending out someone to do an evaluation choosing only to look over Kevin’s paperwork and charts. Our plan B was Home Health Care, with the goal of improvement in alertness and following vocal commands in order to eventually be accepted at a sub-acute rehab.


We have been working with a nurse advocate who has been very helpful. Kevin’s insurance is giving us 3-5 days to be set up for Home Health Care. That is going to be a monumental task, but one for which we are ready. As Kevin’s brain heals and he progresses we can have one of the sub-acute rehab centers re-evaluate him for their program. The nurse advocate has been helping us take care of many details, such as getting Kevin his own neuro chair….not sure if it would be blue or not. With that we can wheel Kevin into the kitchen when we are cooking or outside for a different atmosphere.

During the next several days, we will be tasked with prepping the house, getting furniture back into the house that has been in storage, and above all getting trained by the staff here for discharge. We have been learning how to suction Kevin and things like range of motion (physical therapy), but next we get to learn things such as changing out his trach and wound care. They are going to try to remove his catheter, which will be less chance for infection. And they are going to remove his PICC line, because he is finishing up his antibiotics in a couple days.

There are still many phone calls and decisions to be made, but we just wanted to keep you updated to pray. Would you pray that Kevin would get a neuro chair, as well as the inflatable air transfer mattress? Would you also pray for an air movement bed (not sure the exact name), but they have a constant flow of air inside the ‘mattress’ which keeps Kevin’s body moving to prevent bed sores.

Kevin’s right eye has continued to look better and he is still have good reflex reactions in his left eye. Please continue to pray for his eye. Also, pray for the outpatient health care staff that we are assembling (internal medicine doctor, pulmonologist, neurologist and eye specialist). Please pray for the house to be finished in time (kitchen is still being designed and ordered, then will need to be installed). We also have to purchase new appliances for kitchen (insurance isn’t paying for those either). Pray for all the pieces to be in place in God’s time.

Thanks for reading and praying,
Matt, Angie and family
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