Subject: Matthew's pain doing better; occupational therapy progress
Matthew's pain doing better; occupational therapy progress
February 15th, 2020 at 11:09 pm CDTRead this onlineThank you for your prayers. Matthew's pain was much lower today than yesterday. They have made some changes to the medications and dosages, which seems to be helping. The occupational therapist worked with him today. She taught him so ...
Pray for Matthew's pain management and upcoming hospital discharge
February 14th, 2020 at 11:24 pm CDTRead this onlineToday is Matthew's 28th day in the hospital. His medical team at UCSF Parnassus is working to prepare him for discharge. The earliest date would be Sunday. The biggest challenge before discharge is getting his pain under control. They ...
Matthew's pain much reduced; walking around with a sling!
February 13th, 2020 at 10:59 pm CDTRead online Thank you all so much for your prayers for Matthew. In my last update, I mentioned that he was in severe pain, remaining at an 8 out of 10 almost the entire day, with spikes up to 9. Today, he was mostly at a 4 out of 10, with occasional ...
Matthew is in a lot of pain; pray for him
February 12th, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDTRead online Please pray for Matthew. In the last few days, his pain has intensified, and today was not responding to the usual pain killers they have been giving to him, even though they have increased the dosage. His pain is very often an 8 out of 1 ...
Get well balloon and cards from Ariela
February 11th, 2020 at 10:14 pm CDTRead onlineAriela picked out a balloon to bring to Matthew. She had also made him a get well card and craft (see pictures) that she brought from Croatia. Matthew's pain level has been high lately. Please pray for him and the medical team that his pai ...
Pray for Matthew & us for future steps
February 10th, 2020 at 11:52 pm CDTRead onlineOccupational therapy (OT) made a new splint for Matthew's arm today (see picture above). The purpose is to keep his left hand and upper arm immobile and in a position that will help keep the finger joints from locking up. OT showed us a fe ...
Pamala, Daniel & Ariela are here with Matthew now
February 9th, 2020 at 10:28 pm CDTRead onlinePamala, Daniel, and Ariela arrived in San Francisco last night. Matthew and I are glad to have them here! Unfortunately, someone mistakenly took Pam's bag at baggage claim, so they had no clean clothes when they arrived. But this morning, ...
Matthew had an uneventful day--which is a lovely thing!
February 8th, 2020 at 11:58 pm CDTRead onlineToday was a fairly uneventful day for Matthew, which is a lovely kind to have these days! Physical therapy had him walk around some, the doctors changed his dressings, and he has been able to rest. Please pray that the skin grafts and the ...
Matthew's skin graft surgery went well
February 7th, 2020 at 8:32 pm CDTRead this onlineThank you for praying for Matthew. His skin graft surgery went well. They took skin grafts from each of his upper thighs to cover the wounds on his left arm. They will check the graft in five days to see if it is taking. Please pray t ...
A message from Matthew himself
February 7th, 2020 at 10:53 am CDTRead this message onlineMatthew himself wrote this last night (Thursday evening, California time). He will have the skin graft surgery in about 15 minutes. Life update from San Francisco, Ca. I talked to my doctor about my left arm this evening. I a ...