Evening Update for Joey Keller - Sunday Night - 6:30 pm - Nov. 28th, 2010

Hello everybody,

Just talked to my dad (Harold) about the latest on Joey.  Joey was eating more today and was generally more hungry than he's been which is a very good thing. Dad said that his color is better and he just seemed a bit more sharp. All good things.

They are still concerned about his legs and atrophy setting in. This is a matter of prayer for us.

The other big prayer concern is centered around the drainage of his brain fluid. Right now they have a shunt in which has been draining the fluid. The long term goal is that the body can absorb this fluid on it's own, which as I understand it, it is not doing or not doing well. The lack of draining is creating the pressure that is giving Joey the headaches and causing him the most pain.

Tomorrow Joey will undergo a Cat Scan for the doctors to make a final decision about the drainage issue. After the Cat Scan, they may need to take Joey into surgery at 2 pm to install a permanent shunt that will drain the excess fluid into his stomach. This could be a long-term answer for the pressure. This surgery would be a 2 hour surgery.  We need to pray for wisdom for the Doctors tomorrow morning as they read the results. Pray for peace and wisdom for Nick, Elizabeth and Joey concerning the decision that is best for Joey.

The final big update & announcement is that  

Joey is NOT going to be able to see ANY VISITORS for the next few days. Everyone who is local and desiring to visit needs to forgo visiting until further notice. 

Please understand that this is nothing personal. Thank you for helping us with this request for the next few days. We will let you know when visitors will be invited again as soon as we know.

Tomorrow is a huge day and we need to pray over this brain fluid issue. Thank you for standing with our family.

Pray for Nick and Elizabeth and strength and peace.

Thank you, all of you,

Matt Keller