Happy Anniversary Matt & Casey!!!

Matt and Casey had their first Anniversary yesterday!  They went to Olympia Resort Friday night to celebrate! They got to use the private hot tub and have a very nice dinner at the resorts restaurant! 
Matt surprised Casey at school on Thursday last week with her Anniversary gift, a bracelet he had special made.  It says "Believe" on one side and their anniversary date on the other side.

Matt is feeling good.  Still trying to eat a lot of little meals to gain weight.
Still waiting to hear on his Ultrasound.

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers!  Matt is so very blessed with such caring family and friends!

Had Ultrasound done

Matt and his Nephew, Gavin in Dr. Holen's office last week.

While Matt was in the UW-Hospital the urology team had said that Matt's right kidney was swollen.  Dr. Holen felt Matt was stable enough to investigate why his kidney is swollen.  Matt went to Watertown Hospital and had a ultrasound done on both kidneys and his bowl.

The results are being sent to Dr. Holen and to UW-Hospital Urology Doctors.  We will wait to see what the results are.

Matt has been keeping himself busy every day.  He gets up and does some house hold chores and then he visits family or friends for a while and then home again.  Matt gets
tired if he does to much.  He keeps trying to eat a lot of little meals.  He gains a few
pounds and loses a few pounds but he keeps trying to eat as much as he can handle.

October 30th is right around the corner!  Matt and Casey's first Anniversary!  How time flies!

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers!

Lab Results

Matt got his lab results and he does not have any infection.  Yeah!!!   Matt had labs on Thursday last week at Johnson Creek.  He had a temperature on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  They said his white count was high and he was fighting off some kind of infection. 

Matt did not have a temperature after Thursday.  He is feeling okay with minimal pelvic pain.  He takes his pain pill every day and is able to do just about anything he wants to do. He is working really hard on trying to gain weight!!

Thank you for all your prayers!  They are working!!  Matt was afraid the blood infection was back and he would end up in the hospital again!  He was so happy to find out he does not have an infection!!!

Fever

Matt has developed a fever again.  He had the first fever Tuesday night, Wednesday morning and Wednesday night.  He called Dr. Holen and went to see him on Thursday.

They took some blood and will find out later today or tomorrow if that blood infection is back or what exactly is happening.  His white count was really high so his body is
trying to fight off something. 

Matt is trying to eat and gain weight.  A little bit is sticking but not to much.  Matt feels okay and he doesn't have pain just that darn fever!!!

Matt has been keeping himself busy.  He did a grease and oil change on his Dad's car with a little help.  He helped his Uncle with paperwork for his trucking business or just keeping him company.  He went shopping with me on Monday.  He is trying to get up and do things around the house and get out when he can.

Please help me pray the whatever infection is there that it goes away, ASAP!!!
Thank you for all your continued prayers!

Picc line is out!

Matt spent last week gettin infused with his medication to fight the infection that he had.
Rainbow Hospice came every day around 2:00 to hook up Matt's IV to flow for the next 24 hours. 

Matt stay home and towards the end of the week he spent time with some friends, family, going on errands etc...  He was trying to keep busy.  Matt is still very thin.
He is trying hard to eat and try to gain weight.  Some of the medication did not give
him an appetite.  He has lost a lot of weight.

On Sunday, 10/9/11 the hospice nurse came and took the picc line out.  Matt is done with all his antibotics.  He told Rainbow Hospice that he did not want to stay with them anymore.  When Matt finds the need to use Rainbow Hospice he will give them a call
and resign up.

Matt & Casey decided that Matt is going to eat, keep busy and eat again!  As soon as he gains some weight he wants to go back to work. He is feeling much better since he
had his picc line out. Now he can roll over and not worry about pulling the line out.

Matt is keeping busy with cleaning, cooking  and running errands.  He is helping out family and spending time with family!


Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers.

ER Visit

Last night Matt started experiencing swelling in his tongue.  He said it felt like he swallowed it.  Casey took him to the emergency room.  By then he couldn't talk he could only mumble.  His kept looking up to the sky and his mouth muscles were not in control.  They gave him benadryl through his IV.  In ten minutes he
could talk again.  His throat still did not feel right so they gave a second dose of benadryl. He felt better after that and he walk out of the emergency room and went home.  They sent home some benadryl so he can take it every 6 hours for the next 24 hours to make sure this doesn't happen again.   They also sent home some zofran to help with the nausous feeling he has. 

They determined it was the nauseous medication that Matt had at home that he took is what caused this allegric reaction.  The doctor says that Matt is now allegeric to Compazine.  No more Compazine for Matt!!

Matt has been feeling okay for now.  He is hooked up to the IV pump getting his medication to continue to make sure that blood infection is gone!  October 9th can't come soon enough.  Then Matt can get unhooked from the pump and done with all the other drugs.  Hopefully then he can start eating again and start feeling better.

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers.