Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Dear Friends,

We had another good weekend with Kevin even though it was very hot. Saturday we visited the California Living Museum until it got too hot to be outdoors. This museum is of animal and plant life all indigenous to California. To cool off, we had lunch at Rosemary's, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. The Butterfinger ice cream pie was well worth all the calories.

Friday was our Family Conference. We had a very good report as Kevin is making positive strides. His case manager at the Clinic said Kevin was her most improved client for the month of August. I thought we should have received a bumper sticker that reads "My Son is Client of the Month". Anyway, Kevin is no longer using a cane, has been taken off of blood pressure medication as well as Ritalin which they were using to help keep him focused. We discussed his seeing a neuro-ophthalmologist for a second opinion. They agreed, and we are waiting to see if his insurance will cover it. The Centre suggested that he be sent to the Jules Stein Eye Center at UCLA. Please pray that all of this will work out, and please continue praying with us as we keep praying for a God-given miracle of restored vision. Kevin is still having problems with short and long-term memory but they are continuing to improve as well.

We were excited that the Centre allowed us to take Kevin out for the whole weekend...we didn't have to take him back to the apartment at night. They said that probably in a couple of weeks we could even bring him home for the weekend. We are trying to work out our schedules, as well as getting permission from the Centre, to see if we could bring him home the weekend of Sept. 15. However, Kevin half jokingly said if we brought him home he wouldn't go back to the Centre. We aren't really concerned but it may be a bit difficult to convince him to return.

Kevin loves all the mail he receives and we thank everyone who has sent him cards and notes. I will give his address again for those who may have missed it:

Kevin Hollar
2500 Gosford Road. Apt. 212
Bakersfield, CA 93309

God's Blessing to All of You,
Tami

p.s.
Thought I would report something exciting that happened last evening. As you may recall I had mentioned in an earlier blog that Kevin had no recollection of his previous job as an industrial plumber's apprentice. Last night Kevin called us to report that he had been pretty much bored last night with nothing to do so he was playing with his cell phone which we had returned to him a few weeks ago. He was looking at pictures he had stored on it when he saw a picture of a hole he had dug at the last job site where he was injured. This triggered something and he remembered all about his last job, his supervisor, Moses; and other people he worked with. This is very exciting! We praise God for all of this. He of course does not remember the accident, but this is to be expected. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Tami