Kevin's Recovery Helping Kevin Mather on his road to recovery

Kevin Moving to Rehabilitation on Saturday!

Update @ 5:02 PM – Here’s the address/phone to Northridge Medical Center:

18300 Roscoe Blvd (map)
Northridge, CA 91325-4167
(818) 885-8500

Please hold off on visiting until Kevin is settled in his new digs. We’ll post an update when he’s ready for visitors again. Thanks!

July 10th, 4:43 PM – Just one week after the accident, and after multiple surgeries, Kevin is ready to move to a rehabilitation center in Northridge at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. We guess Kevin just wasn’t going to take things lying down! More details to follow shortly.

Following is the update we received from Sarah Isaac at 2:47 PM today:

A number of people from Copperhill spent the evening at the hospital with Kevin, Tiffany and the Gentrys. At the end of the evening before Kevin went to sleep we all piled into his room, surrounded him and laid hands on him to pray. Many prayers were offered for the miraculous healing of Kevin’s legs, many offered in thanks for all that the Lord has spared thus far, including Kevin’s life, vision, brain, and charisma. After several people had prayed, Kevin joined in. He first prayed a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord for all of the family, friends and members of Copperhill that have poured out their love and encouragement. Then, through tears, he prayed “Lord, I pray that through these circumstances, you would help me love you more tomorrow than I do today.”
God is good. Praise the Lord for the hope and peace that that can only come from knowing our God!

This morning marked the one week anniversary of the accident. Much to the surprise of the family, today Kevin was cleared for a transfer to a physical therapy center in Northridge. They had originally been told that Kevin would be transfered in 1-2 weeks but he continues to progress quickly. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Stay tuned for updates on the specifics of the transfer that will probably take place on Monday. Please continue to pray for a miraculous healing. Pray also that the Lord will continue to lift the spirits of Kevin and Tiffany as they continue on this journey to recovery.

“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.” –Psalm 34:17-19

A General Roundup from Lynn & Mark Mather

July 10, 7:18 AM – Last night we received the following thoughts via email from Kevin’s parents:

On Wednesday night we believe the reality of Kevin’s situation hit him from having the back brace put on and being put into a wheel chair. Needless to say his spirits were down. I didn’t see him on Wednesday, for I felt he needed to rest.

Today [Thursday] his mother and I arrived at the hospital at around 12 noon. He was just wheeled into his room from surgery putting in his blood clot filter. He was awake, coherent, talking and making jokes. In other words, back to himself. He has definitely enjoyed the great food that the team from Copperhill Community Church has been bringing, and he got his fill today.

Andrew from the church came in today to see Kevin. He said to me that he had a feeling that he needed to come down. Upon his arrival he shared with his mother, myself, and others the eight step plan that was put together for James, who lost his leg and was in a coma for several months and who is a member of the church as well. He gave us copy of this plan, and it was incredible. It was well thought out and reviewed obviously by several intelligent people. We went into Kevin’s room and shared it with him and Tiff. [We all] prayed to the Lord for the answering of our prayers and the strength that will be needed going forward.

Tiffany informed us [of the support coming from Kevin's employer, Tejon Ranch]. Many thanks to everyone at Kevin’s work place for doing this. You are an incredible company.

Later in the evening I invited a man [name withheld] in to see Kevin. His brother was hit by a car while on his motorcycle on a freeway in Pomona. He too was air evacuated to USC. [The man] has been sleeping at the hospital for three days to be with his brother in the same waiting room with us. We have been sharing food and drinks with him, and he is very grateful and wanted to meet Kevin. I will meet his brother tomorrow. We both prayed for Kevin and [the man's] brother for a speedy recovery.

Small But Mighty!

I have not been to the Copperhill Church yet, and you can be sure that I will!

Kevin tells me that the congregation is approximately 500 people. It came to me today that the Church has now had two men going through life changing events and they are working together diligently to raise them up. My perspective is the David vs. Goliath scenario. Kevin, James, and the Recovery Team are David and the accidents and their immediate and future challenges are Goliath. We are going to share this recovery plan with our church in Westlake Village, and Lynn will be sharing it with hers in North Carolina.

“God grant me the Serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.”

While in the hospital being treated for cancer, I would recite this to myself several times a day to help put things into perspective and asking God’s help to keep me strong.

To all of our family, friends and incredible people at Copperhill Church, a big thank you for all that you are doing while in the hospital and behind the scenes for Kevin and Tiffany. We are blessed with God’s greatness and we, Kevin & Tiffany, and the Gentry’s thank each and every one of you for your caring and thoughtfulness in this time of need.

Keep your prayers coming. They work!

God Bless,
Mark & Lynn Mather