FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY WE NEED YOUR HELP!

[Ava]

Evan is our 19 year old neighbor who was in a terrible accident not 200 yards from home on Wednesday night(4-19-06). He fell asleep at the wheel and was not wearing is seat belt. The Doctors are only giving him a 5% chance of survival, he has 4 skull fractures and significant swelling and blood on his brain. From the neck down he is perfect.

Last night (Friday)when they thought things were nearing the end, his blood pressure was grossly high and his posturing had changed and the fluid that had been draining(which was helping relieve the pressure on the brain) from his ear had stopped and his brain was being compromised; a second neurosurgeon was called in to evaluate him.

After he examined Evan he told the family he wanted to give this 19 year old a 100% of his 5% chance. They rushed him into surgery and put a shunt in his skull and to relieve the pressure and was able to bring the pressure on his brain of 30 down to a normal pressure of 13.

Jim , Evan's Dad was able to tell a crowd of about 100 that prayer was now the only answer and that Evan needs everyone who knows anyone that prays, knows of any prayer list to PLEASE put him on it. To pray for God's mercy on Evan, to pray for a miracle for Evan.

[MissWaverly]

1. will do

prayer is on the way!

[Ava]

4. thanks MissWaverly!

[peacebird]

2. Will keep Evan and his family in our prayers...

Please update to let us know how he is doing.

[Ava]

5. thanks so much peacebird!

i will as soon as we hear news.

[aquart]

3. No problem.

[Ava]

6. thankyou aquart

[fooj]

7. ((((((Prayers, love and hope)))))) for Evan and his family.

:hug:

[Ava]

8. thanks fooj

[JulieWisc]

9. My thoughts are prayers are with you

on this.

[Ava]

10. thanks!

[qanda]

11. Stopping now and praying for Evan

I will add him to my prayer list.

[Ava]

12. thanks so much!

[Ava]

13. kick

:kick:

[Proud_Democratt]

14. I'm not one of belief...but I do hope and wish Evan a full recovery.

[Ava]

15. thanks Proud_Democratt

[Ava]

16. kick

:kick:

[unschooler]

17. So sorry to hear about this. It sounds like he has wonderful doctor

and a courageous family.

[Ava]

18. he does. we are hoping that prayers and thoughts will help even more.

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

19. Done

[SidDithers]

20. Wishing him the best medical care...

and the best doctors available.

Sid

[nemo137]

21. Will do.

For God's mercy on Evan and a thanks for the skill, compassion, and tenacity of his doctor.

[Ava]

22. thanks everyone!

[Ava]

23. I recieved this update about Evan today!

Saturday morning about 4am Evan moved for the first time, he reached up and tried to grab his endotrachical tube! It was very exciting and by Saturday afternoon he had moved his hands a few times and had assisted the ventilator several times. These are very good signs!

While I was back visiting him Saturday night Angela had the Nurse tell me about cleaning his eyes in the early hours on Saturday; the Nurse said that sometimes you Nurse the family when you feel that can't do anything else for the patient. Doing things for the family,like making sure the room was spotless and cleaning the patient up good. She had decided to clean his eyes, they are swollen and still had some dried blood on them so she began to clean the right one and he pulled away-she thought "Ok,maybe that was a fluke",she went around to the other side to clean the left one and he did it again,she was so excited she ran to get other nurses to witness what had happened, she said that patients with his type of injury aren't suppose to react.

The Ophthalmologist came in on Saturday morning and told the Family that Evan would lose his left eye. After agreeing that that was ok and they would gladly take that the Doctor went back and continued the exam and brought them out again and told them that he would not lose the eye! I am not sure what happened but now he has a shield over it and is receiving drops in that eye every 30 minutes.

Today(Sunday) has been so wonderful, Evan is moving his hands more and even has picked up his legs once placing one on top of the other. Angela was doing her usual talking to him and said baby if you could just sit up for momma and at that moment he coughed and rose up a little in the bed for the first time. It nearly scared her to death but the Neurosurgeon was thrilled because other the area of the brain that controls coughing and gagging without stimulus.

The Neurosurgeon has not placed a % on his survival chances but said today that he expects Evan to live barring no other problems, to what degree and to what quality of life we will have to wait and see. Each time something happens from an area of the brain that controls a movement,a cough anything is being monitored. Evan has not opened his eyes or followed any commands but does show signs of agitation at times and the Neurosurgeon said by the end of the week he may need some soft restraints to prevent him from pulling his tubes and hurting himself. His vital signs remain good and will go up when he is agitated so they are limiting the amount of touching and talking around him and are giving him morphine as needed.

Lord willing Evan will continue improving, please continue to spread the word and add him to any prayer list you know or start your own! Angela told me this evening how much they appreciate families,friends and total strangers praying for their child, how very touched they are. We are all as a community pulling for this young man and the prayers from all over are being felt, thank you so very much.