Thursday, January 1, 2009

Christmas with Kevin



Hello everybody, I just want to update you on what's happening with Kevin... Currently Kevin has started a rehabilation program which right now consists of stretching his body out and getting him to respond to commands. This is very hard and painful for Kevin so he is given a lot of pain medication which affects his mental abilities. For this reason it is sometimes hard to tell what he can and can not do. On Jan 5th he will have another operation. They will be putting a tuna can sized canister into his stomach that release a drug called Baclofen. Baclofen is a muscle relaxer and an antispastic agent.
Baclofen is used to treat muscle symptoms caused by multiple sclerosis, including spasm, pain, and stiffness.
Kevin does not have MS. But his body wants to "curl" up because of tightness and spasms in his muscles, this will help with pain and ease his way through rehabilitation. He will most likely not have to be dependent on this drug all his life.

Kevin had another breakthrough the day after Christmas. My sister brought him his old Harley Davidson teddy bear that he threw out a few months prior to his accident. But like everything my mom kept it... When Kevin saw the bear his eyes lit up. He tried leaning forward and then tried to reach for it. This is exactly what we want to see. Only we have to get these things to happen everyday. Kevin can also tap his fingers and blink his eyes on command. He is starting to trac from right to left. Before he could only trac to his left.

In this picture is Kevin and his brother David (Tig) We had just filled out a whole page of questions about Kevin: What his hobbies are, what movies he likes, ect... Tig said one of his favorite movies is Joe dirt. Soon after filling out hat sheet Kevin woke up for a few minutes so everyone was telling him how well he was doing and how good he looked and then Tig threw out a quote- He leaned close to Kevins ear and said "Life's a garden Kev you know that, dig it make it work for you" Once we got home I asked where he had come up with that, he said it was a quote from Joe dirt. How fitting and sweet!!!

Please continue to Pray and keep Kevin in your thoughts... We Thank everyone for their concern!

Much Love and Appreciation- The Family

I will write weekly on Kevins progress.

2 comments:

SP said...

I love it, so sweet of Tig! Good Job Kevin keep it up Love you guys!!

wolfepackmama said...

That's awesome! Go Kevin!