Subject: Amputation scheduled for Friday noon
Amputation scheduled for Friday noon
February 26th, 2020 at 1:52 pm CDTRead this onlineMatthew and I met with the head doctor this morning. Unfortunately, due to muscle and tissue death in Matthew's forearm, they will not be able to save his hand and most of his forearm. He is scheduled to have surgery for amputation on ...
Prayer requests for Matthew & Todd; pray for wisdom for doctors
February 26th, 2020 at 12:42 am CDTRead this onlineLast night I moved into the church cottage in downtown San Francisco which is two miles from Matthew's hospital, and today I returned the rental car to the airport. I have begun filling out paperwork for the insurance claim for when I ...
Waiting for next step on Matthew's hand and arm
February 24th, 2020 at 8:46 pm CDTI didn't write an update yesterday, since I was Sabbath-ing, taking the day away, while Jonathan spent the day with Matthew. Today, Matthew's pain has been low for the most part, usually 2/10 or 3/10, for which we are thankful. The new medications ar ...
Pray for Matthew's doctors
February 21st, 2020 at 8:38 pm CDTMatthew's pain was lower last night but has been very high today. They are starting him on a different medication and adding a long-lasting pain patch. The doctors came by this morning and spoke with Matthew. They told him that some more muscle tissu ...
Matthew's surgery; discouraging news
February 20th, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDTRead this message onlineToday's surgery for Matthew brought us some bad news. They went in to debride (remove) dead muscle, which had caused his skin graft to fail on part of his forearm, but they found much more dead tissue than they had expected. N ...
Matthew will not be discharged today; will have surgery Thursday
February 17th, 2020 at 7:58 pm CDTRead this e-mail onlineMatthew will not be discharged today (Monday). His pain is still not under control. Although it was lower (4/10) yesterday morning and early afternoon, it went back up to 7/10 yesterday evening and night, and a lot of today, wi ...
Matthew's discharge & outpatient wound care and pain management
February 16th, 2020 at 9:39 pm CDTRead this onlineThank you for praying for Matthew. For most of today (Sunday), his pain was quite low, but it did spike and stay up for a long time in the afternoon. Please pray that tonight and tomorrow morning, his pain will be very low so he can b ...
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 ...