August 27th

Another good day at rehab. Matt was able to walk all the way to the end of the hallway from his room which is about 100 feet give or take a few feet. That was the goal to reach by the end of the week. Now that he has done that, he is going to work on technique. He told me the other day that he felt a little like Frankenstein when he walks, because he feels like his feet are heavy. I told him that at least he was up and walking and that it would get easier and better the more he did it. I was listening to the radio and a song came on this morning and the words spoke to me, I am not even sure what song it was, but there was a little girl talking at the end of it and she said the following words:

"The Lord is the everlasting God,The creator of all the Earth,He never grows weak or weary,No one can measure the depths of His understanding,He gives power to the weak, and strength to the powerless,Even youth will become weak and tired,And young men will fall in exhaustion,But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength,They will soar high on wings like eagles,They will run and not grow weary,They will walk and not faint"

I just looked it up and it is a song by Lincoln Brewster, called Everlasting God. The little child speaking at the end is what captured my attention. All I could think about was Matt and how even though he is tired, he keeps working and is able to push himself through the therapy. This is the strength that comes from God. We pray nightly for God to bless him with His strength. I am amazed at how strong he has been through this whole ordeal. I was talking to Matt on the phone today during my lunch time and one of my co-workers overheard our conversation and she asked me who was in the hospital. I told her my husband and she asked me why I was always smiling and happy if my husband was in thehospital? I was happy to be able to share with her what God had done and was doing with Matt. She was blessed by his story and said that she could now see why I was smiling. I just love sharing Matt's story with whoever will listen and I love being able to give God all the glory for what he has done. Thank you all for praying for Matt and being a part of the miracle and part of the story that I love to share. Please continue to pray for strength and that his eyes will continue to heal. You all are so special and so awesome. Thank you for standing in the gap for Matt and I while we have been down this difficult road.

August 26th

I could not wait to get online and update everyone. Matt is for sure going home on Sept. 9th. GOD is soooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I am still amazed daily at the strength that God allows to flow through Matt. Matt has been working very hard this week. He walked on Monday using the tray table. Now you are thinking how hard could it be to hold on to a table with wheels and walk. Well, he was not allowed to hold on to the sides of the table, he had to leave his hands flat on the top of the table and walk that way. Not as easy as it sounds trust me. Today, he used a walker for the first time and he went half way down the hall. The goal for this week is for him to make it all the way to the end of the hall. The first goal that was set was for him to walk 50 feet and that was surpassed on Monday. I personally think they need to give him harder goals. The speech therapist told us that all the therapist were talking on Monday morning and they all decided that Matt was the star student. They are all impressed with how well he is doing and how fast he is meeting and exceeding his goals that they set for him. I am amazed at the strength that God allows to flow through Matt on a daily basis. He tells me that it is not him that is making the progress, but God through him and he is right, but I also remind him that he has to be a willing host for Gods strength to flow out of. Matt is going home on the 9th of Sept. and guess what that is... Jonathan's first football game. Imagine that, God is working things out again. I just cannot say enough about how much we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. Matt is a living, breathing, walking miracle and you are all a part of why that happened. You are all so AWESOME!!!! Thank you all for everything and please continue to pray for him as he goes on to recover completly from this ordeal.

August 24

I know that I have not written in a couple of days, but all is well. Yesterday Matt was doing his PT workout and the lady that was working with him decided to let him try and walk. He did outstanding. He was walking between a set of parellel bars. He went forward and backward about 8 times. He was very strong and his balance and posture were very good too. I am once again blown away by what he is able to do and how far he has come in a little less than 2 weeks. They are still talking about him coming home on the 9th of September. We counted the days yesterday and as of today there is 15 days until he should come home. It has been long journey, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can't wait to have him home and the 4 of us get our lives back to normal. It will be nice to just spend time together as a family and let the boys reconnect with their Dad again. They come up to the hospital for a hour or so but have not really been able to spend a lot of time with their Dad. It will be nice to be home in our home and with our stuff and be a family again. I must say that is one of the things that I miss the most, and that is spending time, just Matt, the boys and me. It has been nice having family and friends come and go, but just to be with my husband and boys again will be a huge answer to my prayers. I want to ask you all to continue praying for Matt's strength and for his eyes to get better, but I also want you to pray that our transition back into normal life will go smooth. Not only for us, but for all of our family, my Mom has had the boys since this all happened and for Matt's Mom as she goes home and gets her life back to normal. God has been so good in providing the support that we needed in this terrible time, I pray that all of our transitions will go smoothly in a couple of weeks. Thank you again for all of your support, love and prayers during this time in our lives. We love you and are so thankful for you all.