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Tate Harvey
Monday, October 9, 2017
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Howe High School students wore blue for Tate Harvey last Monday at school. Submitted photo When Howe woke up to the news on Sunday morning, immediate calls for prayers beamed across telephone lines, internet lines, satellite waves and all forms of communications. The youngest of six Harvey kids began the roughest week of his young life with a neck brace, breathing tube, and straps to keep him down. Meanwhile, back in his hometown, his friends began a prayer chain and the entire school system was asked to wear blue in his honor. Prayers were beginning to be answered on Monday morning when the young athlete began to write on a dry erase board, "I love you" with his opposite hand. By late Monday, Tate was answering questions by giving thumbs up or
down. Emotional moments were spent with his siblings from a hug from big brother Ty to a threat to paint his toenails from his older sister. With friends visiting him, he wrote on his dry erase board, "I love you all." On Tuesday, the swelling peak began for his face, brain, and body. Still on the ventilator, and still very thirsty, Tate was able to respond well to oral commands. During all of the traumatic moments for parents Brice and Keri Harvey, they relayed messages to Michelle Carney who kept friends of the family updated. On Tuesday, the family found out that he fractured every portion of his face other than between his nose and upper lip. The initial focus was on the life-threatening fractures. Continued on page 13
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