Sept. 12

Well I know that it has been awhile since I posted. Things have been great here at home with Matt back. The boys and I are so happy that he is home with us and we are a family again. We thought we were going to have to leave due to the hurricane, but thank God we were not affected by it. We may get some rain and a little wind, but my weather man Matt, does not think we will get much. Matt has been watching the news and keeping track of the storm online. We had OT/PT and Speech come out and evaluate Matt on Tuesday. He will be getting OT/PT 3 times a week and he will get Speech 2 times a week for 2 weeks and that will be all that he needs as far as Speech goes. He will have the OT/PT here at the house for a month, and maybe 2 months if they think it will be needed. I want to tell you the guy who came out to do the OT evaluation was very intense. He had Matt doing all sorts of things, I think even more than the PT guy at the hospital did. He was very good and I think that with his help Matt will recover fast. He said that he wanted to be the one who came out and gave Matt his therapy. I was tired and I only watched. Matt was actually on the floor doing exercises and stretches. This guy wants Matt to start a Pilates class when he gets better. I guess that means that I too will be taking a Pilates class. I hurt just thinking about it!!! Well anyway, I wanted to update everyone and tell you how well Matt is doing at home. We are looking forward to going to church on Sunday. Please continue to pray for him as he starts therapy here at home. We have an appointment in San Antonio next week on Weds. to see the doctors about the AVM, so pray that all goes well with that and we are waiting to get approval for him to see the eye doctor, so keep that in your prayers as well. Thank you all for praying for Matt, you have all been a part of his recovery and his miracle. We love you all and are so thankful for each of you!!!!

Sept. 8th

I am happy to report that we managed to surprise everyone and meet our families for lunch on Sunday. It was Grandparents Day and our families were meeting for lunch at my sisters restuarant. Everyone was sitting down and getting ready to place their orders when Matt and I walked arounf the corner. Needless to say there were some happy and confused people. We had talked to the doctor and he said that Matt could leave the hospital on Sunday instead of on Tuesday. He is doing so well!!! We had a home health care nurse come in today and she was also amazed at how well Matt was doing. She did not think that he needed the services of a nurse, but instead would push for there to be more OT/PT for him since that is what he needs most right now. I have also placed a call to the Dr. in San Antonio and I am expecting a call from them on Tuesday to set up the appointment to discuss treatment of the AVM. We are also going to see a doctor that specializes in eye care and should be able to help with the double vision. Things are going so well and it is so nice to be at home and in our own house. It was very nice to have Matt and both of the boys at home and under one roof last night. Please continue to pray for Matt in the upcoming days. He has made the transition to home pretty easily and we are praying that this continues. Please also continue to pray for the doctors that are going to treat the AVM that they will have Gods wisdom in how and what to do to make this thing in his head go away. Thank you all so much for your continued pray through this time in our lives. I always felt that you all were praying and that God was hearing everyone of the prayers that were going up. What an awesome God we serve and what an awesome miracle he has given us. Please share Matt's incrediable story and I do believe that there are many lives out there that will be blessed by what he has gone through. I know for me I will always give God the glory for this blessing that he has given me. We love you all and please feel free to give us a call at home. I will be home with Matt over the next week and we would love to hear from you. Thanks again for all your prayer and all of your support. We love you all!!!!!