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.

[Ava]

1. kick

:kick:

[LaurenG]

2. You got it Ava

Tell his dad we care.

[Ava]

3. thanks OhioBlues!

i will do!

[blondeatlast]

4. Prayers on their way--may I invite those who touch their Spirits in

other ways to join?

[Ava]

5. of course!

[Shine]

6. Healing light to Evan...

may he be safe, protected and well.
:hug:

[Ava]

7. thanks shine!

:hug:

[billyskank]

8. That's awful

:cry:

[Ava]

9. i know.

he was just about to go to college too.

[Swede]

10. I'll say a prayer for Evan.

Please keep us updated.

[Ava]

12. thanks Swede

i will as soon as we hear news.

[supernova]

11. I'm sorry to hear that

Prayers for Evan....

[Ava]

13. thanks supernova

[Ava]

14. kick

:kick:

[redwitch]

15. Of course Ava.

As the mother of two teenage sons I can only imagine what this family is going through. I could not bear losing either of my sons. May God bless Evan and his family.

[Ava]

16. thanks redwitch

[johnnie]

17. Just did

And will continue to send my thoughts his way.

[Ava]

18. thanks so much johnnie!

[brook]

19. Absolutely, Ava...

My prayers for Evan and his family and friends.

[Ava]

20. thanks brook

[RandomKoolzip]

21. I send good thoughts your way.

This is indeed a terrible situation. I hope for the best here.

[Ava]

22. thanks RandomKoolzip

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. You got it! Somebody has to be in that 5% and it is not unreasonable

to think that it will be him. I am so sorry Ava. This has to be horrible for your family and your friends.

[Ava]

24. thanks MrsGrumpy

i didn't know him very well, but my brother did. they use to hang out together.

[Maine-ah]

25. kick

[Ava]

26. thanks for the kick

:hi:

[bigwillq]

27. Sending my good vibes.

Hope Evan is able to pull through. All the best to him and his family. :hug:

[Ava]

28. thanks bigwillq

[ploppy]

29. Sending

love, prayers and good thoughts your way.

[Ava]

30. thanks ploppy

[Orangepeel]

31. best wishes for a recovery

sending good thoughts his way

[Ava]

32. thanks

[AirmensMom]

33. You got it.

Prayers for Evan.

:hug: :grouphug:

[Ava]

38. thanks!

:pals:

[snacker]

34. My prayers go out to Evan and his family. n/t

[Ava]

39. thankyou snacker!

:hi:

[Mz Pip]

35. Miracles do happen

Am sending good thoughts for one for Evan.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Ava]

40. Thanks Mz Pip

[SeattleGirl]

36. I will say a prayer of Evan, and for his family, Ava

:hug:

[Ava]

41. thanks SeattleGirl

:pals:

[theophilus]

37. Our prayers go out for Evan and his family. Please update.

We have a seventeen year old son and can empathize to an extent. Thank you Ava for your thoughtfulness.
:hi:

[Ava]

42. thankyou theophilus

as soon as i hear anything i'll let ya'll know!

[sarge43]

43. My prayers for your son and for you and your family.

:hug:

[Ava]

47. thanks

but i don't have a son. Evan is our neighbor. I'm a teen too so I knew him, but not as well as my brother.

[sarge43]

53. My apologies, Ava. I misread.

But the prayers are still there.

[Ava]

56. no problem, and thanks so much

:pals:

[undeterred]

44. Count me in.

Prayer works for me.

[Ava]

48. thanks

[WCGreen]

45. Best wishes for Evan.....

I hope he survives his ordeal....

[Ava]

49. thanks WCGreen

[mdmc]

46. I'll say a couple of prayers for him

peace and low stress

[Ava]

51. thankyou mdmc

[mdmc]

69. peace

I'm sure you will post later with an update...

[Alleycat]

50. He is in my prayers

for him and for his family

[Ava]

52. thanks Alleycat

[Wetzelbill]

54. definitely

consider it done.

[Ava]

55. thanks Wetzelbill!

[Wetzelbill]

57. no problem

You just make sure you take care of yourself too. :)

[Ava]

58. will do

:pals:

[Ava]

59. kick

:kick:

[miss_american_pie]

60. You've got it

Update us when you know more, please.

[Ava]

61. thanks

i will as soon as i hear anything!

[skygazer]

62. Oh, that's just heartbreaking

All the good vibes and positive energy possible going to Evan. :hug:

[Ava]

63. thanks skygazer

[Ava]

64. kick

:kick:

[Capn Sunshine]

65. I'm always good for a prayer

I hope your friend gets his miracle, sweety.

[Ava]

66. thanks Capn Sunshine

[Redstone]

67. Will do the best I can. Hope the kid makes it, I really do.

Redstone

[Ava]

68. thanks so much redstone!

[Arkham House]

70. My prayers are with him--

--and they *do* work...the (grown) son of a dear friend was in a car wreck several years ago--he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital; then they found a pulse, but was given no chance to survive the night, then the week, then the month; then he had no chance of ever regaining consciousness, or moving, or walking, or living a normal life...and in six weeks, he's getting his Master's degree, and is fine. Some of us started a sort of round-robin preyer vigil for him, which went on for months on end...and by george, we pulled him thru--or so we think...:-)...it can be done. I'll be praying...

[Ava]

71. thanks arkham house

[mvd]

72. I'll say a prayer and keep him in my thoughts

I'm hoping for a full recovery. :hug:

[Ava]

73. thanks mvd

:hug:

[DesertRat]

74. I'm praying for Evan n/t

[Ava]

75. thanks DesertRat

[DesertRat]

90. Any update on Evan?

I shared the story with several friends who are praying for him as well. :grouphug:

[Jazz2006]

76. You got it, Ava.

Hoping for the very best possible result and sending thoughts and prayers.

[Ava]

77. thank you Jazz2006

[Starbucks Anarchist]

78. Good thoughts for Evan coming his way.

[Ava]

79. Thanks Starbucks Anarchist

[njdemocrat106]

80. Will do.

I do believe in miracles, Ava.

[ps1074]

81. My prayers go to Evan and his family

:hug:

[MelliMel]

82. Ava, I will keep Evan in my prayers.

I have also asked my husband to add him to the list prayed for daily at our shul.

[Zachstar]

83. Well...

Ill pray for his safety for usually there is purpose for human life and it should not be let drift away.

However I am very mad at this person!!!!!!!

What is it gonna take to get people to realize WHY they say wear a seatbelt? Strange how death doesn't send the message across!


Honestly what makes it so uncool to wear a seatbelt to protect yourself? It does not spy on you or sell your information. It protects you from ending up like Evan. Thats why I have a real problem with those who don't buckle up. I dont like reading about people who died JUST because they diddn't buckle up.

With that said I hope he makes it! May god protect him and maybe god will ask him to go forth and try to encourage people to wear their seatbelt with his story. Sounds like quite a few people need to hear it. :( Like I said purpose....

Circle Light Evan

[Ava]

84. thanks everyone!

:grouphug:

[Ava]

85. 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.

[spuddonna]

86. I came in on this late, but Evan will be in my prayers! n/t

[Ava]

87. thanks so much spuddonna!

[spuddonna]

88. No problem!

I'm so glad to read that he sounds like he's making progress! :) Peace!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

89. Sending my best hopes...

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[DesertRat]

91. kick

:kick:

[faithnotgreed]

92. prayers and light to evan and his family

and thank you for posting this

we need all the love we can share in this world

[Ava]

93. horrible news

I got this email about Evan today.

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Ronald and I went this evening to the hospital to be with the family and other neighbors and friends. Jim announced that Dr. Wolfe had been in and was convinced that Evan was brain dead, Jim stated that in order for Evan's organs to be donated an EEG had been done to see if any brain activity could be detected. Because there was one small spike they needed to now take him to the Nuclear Medicine Dept and do a brain profusion test to legally declare him brain dead in order to donate his organs. Jim said that once Evan returns from that study that he and his family were going to say their goodbyes to Evan. This was about 6:15 pm, Jim ask that everyone go home and be with their families and continue to pray for them. Jim expressed a heartfelt thanks from his entire family for the support that they have received and we all held hands and had prayer. Jim said that the services for Evan would be either Monday or Tuesday.

I just received a call from a close family friend while typing this that at about 7:45pm Evan was declared by two Physicians to be legally dead, the profusion test showed that he was. Jim and Angela have decided to stay with him for what might be 24 hours until he goes to surgery for the procurement. Please pray for them to have inner peace and strength to deal with this the darkest time of their life.

[qanda]

94. Oh, I'm so sorry

I was thinking of him and praying for the best. Please share my condolences with his family. May Evan rest in peace and may his family find comfort in the memories they have from his life.

[Ava]

95. thank you qanda

[AirmensMom]

96. Oh, Ava, I'm so sorry.

:cry: I'm praying for his loved ones now. How tragic. :cry:

[MnFats]

97. my family has been through this. My deep, deep sympathy to you and yours.

i can't think of a worse situation for a family to endure.
Yes, I will pray for your family.
Organ transplant helped ease our family's pain when my "little brother" died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 33.
I am deeply sorry for your loss.

Mn.

[brook]

98. I am so sorry to hear this.

My heart goes out to Evan's family and friends. May Peace and light surround them.

[rockymountaindem]

99. That's just... *sigh*

Wow... I read your post above and thought everything was looking up. What a tragedy. My condolences :hug:

[lavenderdiva]

101. I am so very, very sorry Ava...

I came upon this thread just now, and hadn't known about your earlier post. My prayers and thoughts are with you Ava, your brother, and certainly Evan's parents and family.

As sad as this is, I am so thankful that his parents could allow Evan to give the gift of life to others. This is such a tragedy on so many levels. Evan's passing is devastating, but through his death, he is giving life and hope to other families.

Sending you lots of hugs- :hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

100. Ava gal... Check your PMs... now.

:hug: