Update:

Kevins surgery went as planned. The Doctors are slowly weening him off of his pain medications. His body is adjusting well. On monday Kevin will sit in his very own custom wheelchair at least three hours a day. During these three hours he will be in physical therapy. The chair reclines back in the a seated position, it has a head rest to insure his head will be stable. This will be a nice change for Kevin.

Kevin has been tracking from left to right, he slightly lifts his head to allow the nurses to get his oxygen tubes on and off of his neck, he also knows who his mom is... The therapist asked him if his mom was in the room, and if she was could he look at her... and so he did. :)
Saturday nurses put a smaller trake in. They want him to soon be breathing completely by himself all the time.

Today Tig, his brother is spending time with him at the hospital. Kevin seems to respond to him more than anyone else so far. He stairs at him, moves his head around, he grunts as if he wants to say something. So far last week was very encouraging. We hope he keeps it up for the next two weeks. Our hope is that the therapists and specialists see that Kevin is making "purposeful" progress so that he can move into an acute care center. An acute care center is where Kevin gets to learn everything he might have forgotten. It's were he gets a lot of attention and stimulation 6 days out of the week and on the seventh day he rests... Of course!

Kevin is not able to do the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy until he no longer has to use the trake. We are all excited to get that therapy going.

My Family would like to Thank Mary and Bob, owners of Robert's Market in their neighborhood. Kevin made a lot of trips to this little store and we appreciate their well wishes and prayers!

Please continue to think of Kevin and keep him in your prayer! I'll get back to you next week...