TODAY by Kathy Gilbert, Organizer
Asking for prayers and positive energy at 2P Eastern today! This is from Dianna.....
Kevin Babington before his accident - send prayers he gets here againToday is the day.
The procedure is scheduled for 2:00 pm.
Most of you know my sister found this trial hours after Kevin hit the ground at the Hampton Classic.
She contacted Mayo and put Kevin on their radar.
Many others helped along the way. Living angels.
We have waited for this day since those early hours.
We have focused on it and we have many obligations to the clinic after treatment.
I have done more reading since the accident than I did in the whole of law school.
THERE IS NO cure for spinal cord damage. Only stem cells have shown promise for internal healing.
There is electric stimulation, exoskeletons, etc. but actual healing... this is the best shot.
Last night we had dinner with a friend who is a Dr associated with Mayo and the first thing he said was, “I don’t want to make any promises but I see miracles everyday here. You are in a good place.”
So we need a miracle. Is that too much to ask?
I have gone to the edge of insanity thinking about how this can be Kevin’s fate.
Why would his life be this? What is the purpose? Of all people. ..It makes no sense!
And then you see murder of children and atrocities all over the world and you start to think ...nobody is special. Nobody is immune to tragedy. You are not special, you are just a dot in the universe. How dare you think you should get a pass.
But deep inside something remains fixed on trying to climb out of the pit.
Maybe this can’t be fixed but other people have beaten this..
As I said insanity - introspection that is so deep you start thinking in circles.
It’s a hard road to walk, in fact, it’s uphill always, everyday, and that’s my road.
It’s a mental head game of hope and dispair that rockets back and forth like a pinball. It creeps up all hours of the day. In the schooling ring, driving, in the shower...you are always thinking how do I drag this person out of this pit from hell.
You see white britches walking a course and see Kevin ...and then your brain says wait no, not Kevin... and reality comes crashing in. It’s horrible. Like being dropped from a building.
I’m not even sure I can adequately describe it but it’s a shocking realization ....this is actually real. This happened.
You cling to hope and then discount it based in logic.Then someone tells you a story of someone that healed and you’re up again ready to fight. It’s hard to stay balanced.
Kevin travels a road I am unfamiliar with. I don’t know how he does it but he is fighting.He seems optimistic against all odds.
He has told me after seeing a paralyzed 15-year-old at Kessler that he felt lucky! That he lived a full life before the accident. He got married, had kids, went to the highest level in his sport, he was thankful not to have a head injury... despite being in chronic pain.
He suffers- you have no idea. He said he was going to try to do his best to live a productive life.
He is an example of sheer mental strength.
I am not as accepting of this for him.
And I have read that energy and intention can move mountains. Quantum physics says energy can be manipulated.
So I am asking you at 2:00 Eastern time today send energy.
Say a prayer, light a candle, make a wish, just think of Kevin and think of him walking... or better yet riding, meditate or do whatever you can to send positive energy toward Kevin.
It may not help but it sure as hell isn’t going to hurt.
Today we give it up to God, Dr Bydon and his team, and the universe. It’s all we can do.
