Watch for Devon tomorrow in People Magazine

[angelmom]

I am not a People person, but definitely made an exception for this issue. I called my friend who reads hers cover to cover every week and told her he was in there...she had read the story and was so amazed when I told her about the many, many people who had been praying since the beginning.

This is truly a miracle. So happy for your family.

 

[Pandora]

WOOHOO!! I got the last copy! Then I made the mistake of reading it while waiting in line and I started squalling!
GREAT ARTICLE!!!

 

[close_enough]

i meant to post on this last night, but forgot...THEN i searched all over the place here to find where this was posted...LOL...anyway, i DID get the People issue, & WHAT a happy, uplifting article it is...

i just can't imagine how everyone must have felt when they got wind of Devon starting to track things with his eyes....amazing is the only word i can think of....just amazing

 

[Anngelique]

Thanks for taking the time to read it. Devon's smile is what really made my day. It's amazing!

I really appreciate everyone's prayers on his behalf. You guys are the best!

 

[dark_shadows]

My nephew Devon who woke up after a 2 year coma is being featured in People magazine Friday according to my brother. He called yesterday to tell me. I know so many of you have been praying for his recovery and following his miracle recovery. So here's a head's up. 20/20 is also working on a feature on Devon for their show. I will let you know when that's ready to air.

As a side note Devon is talking much better now. He's understanding and reading even. His legs are very messed up from being in a fetal type position for the 2 years in the coma. Medicaid didn't pay for his legs to be exercised daily and so they were not done on a regular basis. (They wouldn't pay for it because they never thought he'd wake up). I guess my brother and his wife didn't know this. Now his ligaments are fractured and he can put no real weight on his legs. This is very painful and we don't know how long it will take to heal. So that's the worst setback right now. Other than that we're thinking the sky's the limit to his recovery.

Hello Anngelique,
This is truly a miracle. Please be sure to keep us updated.
Respectfully,
dark_shadows

 

[scandi]

Merry Christmas, Devon

I just saw you on the news, and I hope your Auntie Laura will show you this letter.

I am very proud you have worked so hard to get well. I saw you playing ball with your nurse in the hospital and knew you would get better real fast.

I know your family loves you so much and now you will all have a happy Christmas together because you got to come home from the hospital. :woohoo: :dance:

You are talking and I had to laugh because your voice sounded so strong. And I think Santa will bring you lots of presents Devon. You have been a very good boy.


Love :blowkiss: to you at Christmas Devon,

Cheryl, your Auntie's friend at Websleuths

 

[LionRun]

Anngelique, such fantastic news! I just read this thread, and I am amazed and happy that young Devon has come out of a coma after two years....and doing so well. My thoughts and prayers are with him. I'm sorry that his leg muscles have atrophied and that his ligaments and tendons are rigid and tight. Physical therapy should help him immensely. May you, Devon, his Mom and Dad, and all of your family have a wonderful Holiday.

Is there a link that tells about his situation from beginning to now?

Scandi, what a darling Christmas card to Devon. So thoughtful.

 

[scandi]

Hi LionRun,

I decided to make this a thread for Merry Christmas, Devon, as Anngelique has lots of friends who have been reading about him since he got so ill and went into a coma. I will leave this post here too.

And then I also thought wouldn't it be neato for anyone posting at Websleuths to be included in sending him a note. I think he will love it, and any child like this who has worked so hard and come so far in leaps and bounds deserves a big pat on the back.

Tonight they said Devon has only been really talking and saying words for 2 weeks! I couldn't believe it. His little voice isn't little at all, but deep and full of tonality. I just laughed and then starting crying to see him acting so normal on the news. It just touched my heart. His parents too seem genuine and so full of love. His Mom said, sometimes we just don't know what God's plan is. What a statement.

Well. we have joined with so many who have prayed for him, and we will still pray for him to be completely healed and get better every day.

He is a real miracle. They said tonight he might be back in school by Spring!

I'll go see what other threads there are LionRun, and be right back.


Scandi

Here is one: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43414&highlight=Devon

Here is Anngeliques's first threads about Devon from April 2005: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21604&page=1&highlight=devon+coma

LionRun, if you go to search and access it from the bottom right forum jump, type 'devon coma' into the word search space in the top left hand corner. Don't change anything else as you want the computer to check all the fields. The threads have been on several different forums here. Any questions, HOLLAR! Nitey Nite

 

[poco]

I asked my brother if he'd try to sue but he said nope, they didn't think he'd recover. They honestly didn't think he'd survive. So I guess I see his point. I pray his legs will heal but if he has to live in a wheelchair the rest of his life at least he's alive and starting to function.

OMG, I am so happy for you and your brother and his family. I remember when this all first began two years ago (have I been around that long - geez).

This little guy has come a long way - he will end up walking again, too, I can almost guarantee it.

Makes me want to run out and get the People mag right now - and I would if there weren't 9 million cars out there on the road right now...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

[Anngelique]

OMG, I am so happy for you and your brother and his family. I remember when this all first began two years ago (have I been around that long - geez).

This little guy has come a long way - he will end up walking again, too, I can almost guarantee it.

Makes me want to run out and get the People mag right now - and I would if there weren't 9 million cars out there on the road right now...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

He IS walking!!! You can see last night's news segment here and see him walk and here him talk! http://www.katu.com/home/video/4994956.html?video=pop&t=a

 

[Maybe So]

I followed your posts back when Devon first went into the coma then reading how things got worse as the doctors said his brain was more and more damaged and they slowly lost all hope that he would ever wake up again. I have not been on the forum for several months but I stopped in a few weeks ago only to read that your nephew was waking up....!!!!

My gosh the speed of his recovery is almost unbelievable. I was imagining that it would take him a very very long time...like years... to completely relearn everything from the beginning.

It seemed like such a miracle that he even woke up and I think his parents would have been happy with that. At first he wasn't even walking or talking and it looked like he would have a long long road to recovery.....I wondered if he even would recover some functions at all.

But my gosh....in just a short time he has completely changed...he looks so physically strong and healthy in the recent video and way more mentally alert than he was when he first woke up ....and in just such a short time.

Your family has been blessed with a miracle. Obviously he is going to be just fine if he has come this far this fast his walking and talking will only get better. Any lasting affects (if any) he may have are so unimportant compared with what he has been through and how far he has come and his families joy at regaining their son who they thought would never wake up again. To have him to hug and hold again.....to see him smile...must make them feel like they are on top of the world.

Devon must have a very strong fighting spirit inside him.

One thing I was wondering. Does Devon have any memories of before the coma or was everyone and everything strange and new to him? Did he recognize people when he woke up? Does he understand that he was asleep for 2 years?

I hope he has a great Christmas....he sure deserves it.

YOU GO DEVON !!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

 

[Anngelique]

I followed your posts back when Devon first went into the coma then reading how things got worse as the doctors said his brain was more and more damaged and they slowly lost all hope that he would ever wake up again. I have not been on the forum for several months but I stopped in a few weeks ago only to read that your nephew was waking up....!!!!

My gosh the speed of his recovery is almost unbelievable. I was imagining that it would take him a very very long time...like years... to completely relearn everything from the beginning.

It seemed like such a miracle that he even woke up and I think his parents would have been happy with that. At first he wasn't even walking or talking and it looked like he would have a long long road to recovery.....I wondered if he even would recover some functions at all.

But my gosh....in just a short time he has completely changed...he looks so physically strong and healthy in the recent video and way more mentally alert than he was when he first woke up ....and in just such a short time.

Your family has been blessed with a miracle. Obviously he is going to be just fine if he has come this far this fast his walking and talking will only get better. Any lasting affects (if any) he may have are so unimportant compared with what he has been through and how far he has come and his families joy at regaining their son who they thought would never wake up again. To have him to hug and hold again.....to see him smile...must make them feel like they are on top of the world.

Devon must have a very strong fighting spirit inside him.

One thing I was wondering. Does Devon have any memories of before the coma or was everyone and everything strange and new to him? Did he recognize people when he woke up? Does he understand that he was asleep for 2 years?

I hope he has a great Christmas....he sure deserves it.

YOU GO DEVON !!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Thanks Maybe So. He really has come along at an amazing speed. He woke up in late August and this is just a few months later. We all have hope that he will be fully recovered. He seems pretty bright in our minds.

He hasn't talked about when he was asleep. We have not pushed him because we're afraid of what he might remember. We figure if he does he'll talk about it some day. He saw a classmate and he recognized her and it was 2 years later so he seems to have some memory before. He definitely remembered his motorcycle too. LOL I believe things are coming back to him.

As far as his brain goes every test showed his brain was dead. So this is truly a real life miracle.

This is truly the best Christmas EVER!

 

[poco]

Talk about the best Christmas present ever!!!!!! Sends chills through me. Tried to get the video to play, but couldn't get it going!!!!

We all talk about "what we want for Christmas" and what we got other people, and we are all rushing around acting like nuts, and something like that happens and it stops you right in your tracks!!! I don't know about anybody else, but this has surely made my Christmas. God bless Devon and his family and please keep up updated Anngelique!!!!!!!

 

[poco]

This is an article on Devon from October 2006 ----http://www.lifenews.com/bio1792.html

My apologies if it has already been posted......

 

[scandi]

My local NBC station is airing a spot on Devon now on the 11pm news. It might only be local, but maybe it will make national news in the next few days.

Thery are calling Devon The Christmas Miracle


It is a very special story to inspire millions of people this Christmas. How wonderful!

Scandi

 

[poco]

That particular People Magazine wasn't at my store - am I too late?? to early??? I failed to look at the date to see which was was there.

But, then again, who needs People Magazine when we have Anngelique who keeps us UP TO THE MINUTE on his progress!!!!

 

[scandi]

There is a very nice article in the Sunday Oregonian today about Devon with a great photo of him.

He looks very intense and yet as happy as he can be ;}

]Scandi

 

[fran]

There is a very nice article in the Sunday Oregonian today about Devon with a great photo of him.

He looks very intense and yet as happy as he can be ;}

]Scandi

This doesn't have any pictures, but I think this might be the article you're thinking of scandi.

God bless Devon and his family and Merry Christmas!

fran


http://www.oregonlive.com/search/in...94210900.xml?oregonian?lcfp&coll=7&thispage=1

A boy comes home for Christmas
Sunday, December 24, 2006
ERIC MORTENSON
YAMHILL -- Christmas has been an empty holiday in the Rivers' household the past two years.

The first year, Christmas dinner was ham sandwiches in the car outside a pediatric nursing home in Gresham where Devon Rivers lay comatose.

Last year, a second Christmas came and went as Devon lay in uncomprehending silence. Carla Rivers bought presents in her son's name and passed them out to the family, but the gesture felt hollow.

This year, Devon has come home to the rambling white house at the end of Bony Road outside Yamhill. Home to the Christmas tree in the living room and the cats pouncing in the yard outside. Home to his noisy little brother, to his competitive older sisters and to the endless fascinations of his father's tools and machines.

He's making his way back, released at last from the mysterious, terrifying illness that gripped him, almost hopelessly, for so long.

..............................more at link..................................................

 

[poco]

This doesn't have any pictures, but I think this might be the article you're thinking of scandi.

God bless Devon and his family and Merry Christmas!

fran


http://www.oregonlive.com/search/in...94210900.xml?oregonian?lcfp&coll=7&thispage=1

A boy comes home for Christmas
Sunday, December 24, 2006
ERIC MORTENSON
YAMHILL -- Christmas has been an empty holiday in the Rivers' household the past two years.

The first year, Christmas dinner was ham sandwiches in the car outside a pediatric nursing home in Gresham where Devon Rivers lay comatose.

Last year, a second Christmas came and went as Devon lay in uncomprehending silence. Carla Rivers bought presents in her son's name and passed them out to the family, but the gesture felt hollow.

This year, Devon has come home to the rambling white house at the end of Bony Road outside Yamhill. Home to the Christmas tree in the living room and the cats pouncing in the yard outside. Home to his noisy little brother, to his competitive older sisters and to the endless fascinations of his father's tools and machines.

He's making his way back, released at last from the mysterious, terrifying illness that gripped him, almost hopelessly, for so long.

..............................more at link..................................................

I would love to know what this illness was - pretty bizarre!

 

[scandi]

HI Poco, On the news spot they said the doctors believe Devon got some virus and have absolutely no idea what it was. It is a big mystery, but thankfully his brain snapses are reconnecting. He wasn't like Terry Shivo where there was no real brain activity. He must have had oxygen going to his brain all the time.

Scandi