Seeing Dr. Holen

This morning Matt had labs and we saw Dr. Holen. He said that Matt's labs were good. Matt weighed in at 138 pounds. If you take off his shoes which we weighed last week, that was 3 pounds Matt weighs about 135. He has been eating real well. He eats about 8 little meals a day. He said that Matt's sodium was low and that he was dehydrated and is probably why his mouth gets dry.

He said that Matt should get some liquids. So he keep Matt today and gave him 2 bags of liquid by IV. Dr. Holen also said that Matt's blood count was 9.7. He said they would rather not see it get below 9. He said in probably a few weeks he might have to give him a few pints of blood.

He said Matt could take a vitamin with iron to help his blood. Matt needs to rest and get his strength back. We all know Matt and he wants to work so he can help pay bills and it will keep him busy!! He is trying to save up to fix the rust on his truck, tires for his truck and so on and so forth!!! But his Dad and I really appreciate his truck. We would have been snowed this winter. Luckily Matt and his truck got us out!

This is Matt's off week starting today. Hopefully he will start get energy. On Friday Matt goes to Fort Atkinson to get his stint out. We are hoping that the blood in his urine and the small clots that are coming out will stop. Dr. McCabe said with Matt being so active that urinating clots is normal. As soon as the stint is out this should all stop. Hopefully the pain in Matt's back will also stop.

God is a loving God and he has a plan for all of us. I pray that for Matt it will start getting better and continue to get better. I pray for Anderson Butzine for his pain to go away and feel better.

Thank you to all for all your prayers for Matt! I believe it has been helping Matt physically and mentally knowing all the love that is out there for him. I thank you dearly!!