Subject: Matthew's surgery; discouraging news
Matthew's surgery; discouraging news
February 20th, 2020 at 5:56 pm CSTRead 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. ...
Matthew will not be discharged today; will have surgery Thursday
February 17th, 2020 at 7:58 pm CSTRead 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, ...
Matthew's discharge & outpatient wound care and pain management
February 16th, 2020 at 9:39 pm CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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 CSTRead 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, ...