Kevin's road to recovery fund
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Hey y'all (In our best southern accent)
Our dear friend Kevin is in the hospital and having a hard time fighting histoplasmosis. Please keep reading to hear his story.
His name is Kevin Hill. He is married to my amazing best friend Kim. They have 3 children River, Kayla, and Kynleigh. He is 45 and lives in Lonoke, AR.
His story began last month when we all were helping clear off an abandoned property. We were clearing trash and cane off the property, a simple task everyone does, right?! Unfortunately... We were wrong! Monday, August 3 he went to the doctor with fever and tested positive for strep. Like all of us, he got his medicine and went home and waited to get better. Fast forward to Saturday, August 8... after trips to his local doctor and several prescriptions later he's just getting worse. Kim took him to the ER, they tried several antibiotics thinking it was pneumonia and nothing, he's still getting worse! They moved to another hospital yesterday (August 11). He was put in the critical care unit. He's been on 70% oxygen and he still can't breathe. This morning (August 12) he had a lung biopsy and the doctors decided to keep him on the ventilator because he's having so much trouble breathing on his own. Histoplasmosis is a disease most people just walk around with. That's why it's been difficult to diagnose. This fungus has had 10 days to grow and he's in respiratory failure.
Now... Remember when I said we were all clearing off the land? That included Kevin's father-in-law Rick. Yesterday they admitted him as well and today he had a lung biopsy.
Kevin works at a local company and Kim has 2 jobs. She went to work Monday, and got called back to the hospital. Her jobs are both being supportive with allowing her time to be by his side, but they have no income coming in and no PTO time left with both of them being off. We are doing everything we can to help them, but we are coming up short.
This family needs your prayers!!!
Any amount of donation is greatly appreciated.
Our dear friend Kevin is in the hospital and having a hard time fighting histoplasmosis. Please keep reading to hear his story.
His name is Kevin Hill. He is married to my amazing best friend Kim. They have 3 children River, Kayla, and Kynleigh. He is 45 and lives in Lonoke, AR.
His story began last month when we all were helping clear off an abandoned property. We were clearing trash and cane off the property, a simple task everyone does, right?! Unfortunately... We were wrong! Monday, August 3 he went to the doctor with fever and tested positive for strep. Like all of us, he got his medicine and went home and waited to get better. Fast forward to Saturday, August 8... after trips to his local doctor and several prescriptions later he's just getting worse. Kim took him to the ER, they tried several antibiotics thinking it was pneumonia and nothing, he's still getting worse! They moved to another hospital yesterday (August 11). He was put in the critical care unit. He's been on 70% oxygen and he still can't breathe. This morning (August 12) he had a lung biopsy and the doctors decided to keep him on the ventilator because he's having so much trouble breathing on his own. Histoplasmosis is a disease most people just walk around with. That's why it's been difficult to diagnose. This fungus has had 10 days to grow and he's in respiratory failure.
Now... Remember when I said we were all clearing off the land? That included Kevin's father-in-law Rick. Yesterday they admitted him as well and today he had a lung biopsy.
Kevin works at a local company and Kim has 2 jobs. She went to work Monday, and got called back to the hospital. Her jobs are both being supportive with allowing her time to be by his side, but they have no income coming in and no PTO time left with both of them being off. We are doing everything we can to help them, but we are coming up short.
This family needs your prayers!!!
Any amount of donation is greatly appreciated.
Organizer
Amanda Simpson
Organizer
Lonoke, AR