Jacob’s Story

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Jacob was involved in a severe incident this morning. His head was pinned & crushed between a building and the foundation.


He went to St. Vincent Hospital this morning via helicopter. He is stable, responsive, awake & alert. He is communicating with his nurses & doctors(hopefully they're hot so it makes his stay a tad bit easier). We spoke with a neurosurgeon after his first round of scans & tests were done. That's where the positive outlook for his recovery started. We were informed he had bleeding on his brain, skull & facial fractures, but he was VERY lucky and doing great for what he endured. One of his skull fractures starts at one ear and ends at the other, crossing over the bridge of his nose. His eyes are swelled & severely bruised due to said fracture. He had another CAT scan done at 4pm to make sure things were still stable and there wasn't any blood building up under the bone. We got news this evening that those results showed the size of the bleeding has decreased!!! We have not been able to talk to him or see him yet, as the current hospital restrictions do not allow him to have visitors. He is very tired & was sleeping after his 4pm CAT scan (which is good as it means they have him comfortable enough to sleep)! His nurse for the evening has been wonderful & reassured us to not worry or hesitate about calling too much to check up on him. He will be monitored over night & get another CAT scan done in the morning to make sure everything is still going well. 


I know it's not much information, but this is literally all of the information that we have received. We will keep everyone updated as we hear more.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Marissa Kocken

The continued prayers & support are working!! God is good. 

Jacob is comfortable & has been sleeping a lot. He was able to shower for the first time without support or help today. He's still SO positive about all of it. He's been awake for longer periods of time this weekend & enjoys company! Visitors are welcome whenever, as long as you're okay with him going to lay down randomly. He get's tired very quickly, so there's no way of telling when the best time would be. He's been enjoying time outside today relaxing and watching Charlie play in the yard while Petey talks his ear off LOL. 

Charlie is BEYOND happy to have her daddy back! She cannot get enough of him. She knows she cannot jump on him & wrestle with him, but she likes to "carefully cuddle him" & "take care of him" by surrounding him with all of her favorite stuffed animals, blankets & pillows. 

He is healing SO incredibly quick. You'd never guess he is healing from what had happened if it weren't for his 2 black eyes. He's on a soft food diet, but he mainly only has smoothies or yogurt as he can't really taste anything. 

He's not one to not be doing anything, so he looks forward to having his restrictions off so he's not so limited to what he is allowed to do. He has not yet been told his recovery time, but "he sure hopes it damn soon".
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