Oct. 11

Thesee are 2 pictures of the AVM in Matt's brain just after the rupture in July. Notice the enlarged size of the blood vessels. The large lines that you see at the bottom of the 2nd image are the enlarged blood vessels, these should be the size of the little ones at the top of the same image. All of the dark that you see is the blood supply that is flowing through the vessels to the AVM and this amount of blood flow is what caused the AVM to rupture.

These are the 2 pictures of Matt's brain after the glue procedure. All of the dark spots that you see now is the glue. This causes the blood supply to redistribute to the other parts of the brain and not to feed the AVM. This decreases the chances of it rupturing again. The top image looks like a jellyfish. Matt had not seen these pictures until about a week ago and I had asked the doctor to send them to us so that he could see what was going on in his head. I thought these were some pretty amazing pictures. It is amazing what modern medicine can do and what an awesome God we serve, that he would bring Matt through all of this.

Oct. 11

Well, Matt is back to doing his therapy. He had a day when he felt like he had gone backward instead of forwards as far as his abilities go. I talked to him and we talked about how far he had come and that he had nothing to feel bad about and that he had not lost any of the abilities that he had regained. The next day the therapists came out and they did a reassessment and told him how far he had come and that made him feel so much better. Both of the therapists have talked to him about setting long tem goals and their long term goal is for Matt to go back to work sometime in November. This is a goal that makes Matt very happy. He is mentally ready to go back to work, and is almost ready physically. I think that staying home is beginning to drive him crazy. I wish I could stay at home for a while, but that is not going to happen any time soon. But, overall he is getting much better and doing it faster than people thought he would, he is a star student!!! Please continue to pray for him as he works to get back to normal life very soon. We have an appointment with the eye doctor on the 20th and we are going to insist on getting some glasses that will help with his vision. Thank you all for keeping Matt in your prayers, I can see it daily that he is getting better and better. Matt is truly a miracle and proof that our God is in the healing business.