Update #107 on Kevin

So, the first TB test came back negative. The second test was to check Kevin’s level of antigens (which bind to antibodies). It showed us that the first test could have been wrong. So then we have to wait for three samples to be cultured from three consecutive days. The final results could take weeks, but initial results have already started to come in. The first two days samples have come back as negative for TB. Today we should find out about the third sample


The past several days Kevin has still been coughing, but not for the extended periods that he was a couple weeks ago. He has also been keeping his food down, except for maybe Friday night. He had spit up/thrown up some, but not sure what it consisted of or what caused it.

Last week he stopped taking Vancomycin, as well as benedryl. Kevin has already seemed less drowsy and more aware since stopping the benedryl. He was also on doribax until this weekend, but was put back on it last night. WE are still researching why he went back on it.

On the radio, we keep hearing songs that Kevin likes. Now that it is Christmastime, we have heard his favorite Christmas song several times. It’s called, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and was recorded by Band Aid in the mid-80’s to raise money for Ethiopia. Any time we hear that song, we think of Kevin. And when it’s come on the radio while we’re at Meadowbrook, we play it for him.

Please be praying for a doctor to follow Kevin when we leave Meadowbrook. We have been following different avenues trying to find Kevin a doctor, today a doctor denied taking him on, so we continue the search. We do not feel comfortable taking Kevin home, until we have a doctor on board. Please pray that God would lead us to the doctor that He has for Kevin.

Please also pray for our family. This process wears on you. Some days are good, and some days you feel as if you are being ripped apart from all directions. Thanks for lifting us up.

Thanks for praying and reading,
Matt, Angie and family
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