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

Kevin Ready to Work!

July 12th, 11:00 PM – Tonight we received the following update from Nathan and Christine Keith.

Kevin had his first meeting with his physical therapist today. He was able to transfer into a wheelchair with some help from Tiffany and the physical therapist. He wheeled himself around for about an hour and forty five minutes and already is getting the hang of it. Tiffany said she was amazed that already he is able to sit up for longer amounts of time and even balance while sitting. He starts his first official day of physical therapy tomorrow and that will start a long and grueling process but also will give them an idea of what their schedule will look like for the coming weeks. He will be in intense physical therapy up until 4 PM every day so if people are looking to visit it should be after that time. They want to thank everyone for their continued support and prayers.

Prayer requests:

• Prayer against discouragement and fear as he starts this hard process.
• Continued rest for both Kevin and Tiffany
• That the hospital would be lenient about nighttime arrangements for Tiffany

Words of Appreciation from Kevin’s Mom & Dad

July 12th, 1:26 PM – We received the following message from Mark Mather:

I week ago Friday our son was struck by a car at high speed while cycling with buddies in Santa Clarita. He was air lifted to USC Medical Center in critical condition. After undergoing a 12 hour surgery to put his spine back together with two rods, twelve screws and losing 7 liters of blood in the process he was omitted into the Intensive Care Unit.

This Friday he was discharged out of the ICU at USC and taken to the Acute Physical Therapy Unit at Northridge Hospital. I walked in and he was SITTING UP in his bed and talking to Greg and Janice Gentry. This is truly the work of GOD! Doctors at USC told us that he was very lucky to survive the accident and the surgery. We are all blessed that he is alive and doing better. After talking with him yesterday he is hopeful to get the use of his legs back and is willing to do the work to try and make it happen. He is truly a warrior of God! Kevin, Tiff and the family are very appreciative of everything that all of you have done from the visits, food, drinks, work at the condo due to the flooding, and the spiritual and emotional support for the family.

Thank you all for your incredible support! Also once again I would like to thank the riders on the ride with our son, CHP, LA County Fire Department, Paramedics, Helicopter medical team, and the doctors and hospital at USC for saving our son’s live with their fast response. We will always have you in our hearts!

Kevin will now be working in physical every day to re-build his strength both in his upper and lower body. Please try to keep your visits to the late afternoon and evening so as not to interrupt his physical therapy schedule. I would advise you to call the physical therapy unit at Northridge Hospital before making the drive. Their number is 818-885-8500 ext: 3636. The address is 18300 Roscoe Blvd., Northridge, CA.

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In addition we would like to thank the Recovery Team for putting together a green wristband for the support of Kevin’s recovery. The reason it is green is because all of us going to see Kevin at the hospital had to put on a green wristband to be able to go visit with him.

The Recovery Team just made available a green silicon wristband (similar to the popular LiveStrong wristband) to keep Kevin on our hearts and in our prayers, and to raise funds for his and Tiffany’s needs.
You can see the offer here:
http://kevinsrecovery.com/blog/contact/wristbands/

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to this cause and pass it on to family and friends.

Once again we would like to thank everyone in this recovery process for all you have done for Kevin and Tiffany. We are truly blessed to have you being so supportive in their time of need. Let’s all keep Kevin and Tiffany in our prayers and pray for Kevin to be able to use his legs again.

God Bless,
Mark Mather
Lynn Mather