Kim Keliinoi Medical Expenses

Update!

Hello sweet people! I'm am writing a quick update. You have been so gracious and patient and GENEROUS! Thank you, thank you.

Please bare with me in this update as information is still pretty vague and few and far between.

Kim is still in a coma. She is has been switched from the incubator to a tracheal tube, which is less irritating and encumbering for when she does wake up. Her ICP (intracranial pressure) is down, a good thing, and because of that they will be able to move her to do an MRI today to see what else is going on in her head. They discovered she has fluid building up in her lungs and are draining it out from not breathing on her own for so long. The organism in her lungs is a weak one, they feel very confident to kill it. That's what causes pneumonia (fluid in lungs). But they are saying that she has started breathing more on her own- thus the switch to the trach. They are also feeding her through a tube. The doctors are saying they expected more of a response from her at this point which is a little discouraging but there are other signs that are good and in the end we are standing in hope

Lots of you are reaching out to the family, and they totally feel your support. It's so incredible. The best ways they can receive help right now are through meals, financial support and prayers right now. They are a bit in limbo and trying to carry on their day-to-day activities and don't have energy for much else other than to be present with each other in the waiting.

The meal train link is
https://mealtrain.com/eynqv1

Specific things to pray for:

-Her temperature goes down
-There is no brainstem damage
-The Doctors are able to discern the best next steps.
-The family is surrounded with peace and supernatural rest.


Please keep sharing.

The constant influx of love and support in this time is felt strongly.

Thank you again!

Rachel Rebottaro

MEAL TRAIN. If you are interested in bringing a meal to the family during this time please go to this link and sign up for a date! Thank you!

https://mealtrain.com/eynqv1

Hey all! Quick update!

Firstly THANK YOU! It has been unbelievably encouraging to see community rally behind the Keliinoi family in this and they are overwhelmed!

Kim is currently still in a coma and has stopped responding to verbal cues. She came out of her coma about 24 hours after the initial one but the swelling in her brain has caused her to fall back into one. Today they are doing some more scans and changing to a different type of saline to help reduce the swelling.

Doctors have communicated up until this point that this is fairly normal for a brain injury this severe, but it's obviously been a roller coaster emotionally for the family.

I am starting a meal train and will be posting the link on here sometime today, so keep an eye out .

Specific prayer requests:
The swelling goes down
The family is surround with peace
The doctors are given profound insight into the best next steps.

Again we are so grateful and the financial relief for the family is a huge part of that! Please keep contributing how you can and sharing!

Rachel