Saturday Afternoon Visit

Our visit with Kevin this afternoon was another wonderful experience. Poor Kimmie was not feeling well so, Me (Ole Goat), Terry and my Mama (Nanny) went and spent some time with Kevin.

When we walked in the room he was watching TV. He looked so good and so rested. We all said "hi" and he replied "hi". We noticed right away his trach was capped. He could talk to us without having to cover his trach! It was such a blessing!

This was the first visit for Nanny and Kevin called her name right away. In fact he called out all our names. He struggled a little saying Kathy, but had no problem saying Ole Goat. He also called out Kimberly and Maya's name tonight.

He was full of smiles today and in a really good mood. We looked at pictures of books Aunt Snack Cake made and he recognized everything, including tools he works with on a daily basis.

While we were there, Terry and I had the opportunity to speak with Kevin's nurse, Salandra. Salandra explained to us she has been in the same ward on the same floor for 22 years and never has she seen anyone progress and come through what Kevin has experienced. She told us Kevin would recover and that she knew it was because of the Lord's work that Kevin was going so well.

We continue to be amazed as to how good everyone at BayFront has been to our family. The doctors and nurses can't do enough for us and of course they all LOVE Maya! But what's not to love about her!

During our visit I asked Kevin to say the ABCs. He just started laughing at me and then I began to laugh too. He got all the way to the letter T and stopped so I finished the remaining letters for him and told him not go worry he would finish next time. Again we were laughing.

While Terry was talking to Kevin he asked Kevin, what's the first thing you want to do when you get out of the hospital. Kevin was trying to say something, but couldn't get the words to come out. I was trying to understanding and evidentially was saying the wrong words which caused Kevin to laugh so much his tummy was moving up and down. Then I started laughing because Kevin stuck out his tongue at me. It was funny.

Today, we all noticed the strength in Kevin's right hand is improving. Also, he is moving his right arm more, plus he has complete feeling up and down his entire right side. He loves to have his back rubbed and said...."I can't wait to get out of this bed".

Since Kimmie wasn't able to visit with him today she was able to carry on a conversation with him on the phone. It truly is amazing that we are at this point in Kevin's recovery in such a short period of time. Today is day 46 and in these 46 days we have seen miracles take place that we and others will talk about for the rest of our lives!

We have so many people to thank for their continuous thoughts and prayers and as a family we are all praying that God will bless you just as he has blessed us in healing Kevin!