Home from San Antonio

Well we are back at home after having the last treatment done. The doctor was not sure if he was going to do any more gluing or if he was just going to look around. Well when he got into Matt's head and started looking at everything he discovered that the AVM had collected some more blood vessels since the last treatment. He told me that he expected this to happen. So he went ahead and put some more glue in there and tried to block off more of the AVM. He stated that when he first started this back in October that the AVM was about the size of a golf ball and that when he went in this time it was only the size of a quarter. After he was done with the gluing this time the AVM was about the size of a pencil eraser or smaller. As far as he is conserned he is done and is not going to do any more to Matt. He wants Matt to undergo what they call radiosurgery. They use what is called a gamma knife to focus the readiation onto the AVM and blast it, this is suppose to kill what is left of the AVM. The doctor says that he was able to block off about 99% of the blood flow and that this other treatment should take care of the rest of it. We are so thankful that God lead the doctors in what they were doing and that Matt is at home and in great condition. He did much better this time than the last time. He got very sick and was throwing up after the last procedure, but had no problems this time and has only taken tylenol for the pain. I am so glad that the Lord led us to the right person to take care of Matt and that this doctor is one of the best that there is when it comes to neurosurgery. Thank you all for praying for Matt and your continued support. Please continue to pray for Matt as he recovers from this last procedure. We also want you to feel free to share any part of this story, we want to be sure that God gets all the credit for what has happened with Matt. If you know someone that needs hope, or needs to know that God does answer prayers please feel free to share Matt's story with them or have them contact us and we will be glad to talk to them. Thank you again for everything and we will keep you posted on how things are going and when Matt is to undergo this next procedure. We love you all and thank you again for all your prayers. We hope you all have a great New Year, we are going to have a great New Year thanks to our Lord and Savior.

Going to San Antonio

We are going to San Antonio in the morning and they will be looking at Matt's brain on Tuesday. We are hoping and praying that this will be the last trip that we have to make and that this will also be the last procedure that he will have to get done. THey are going to do an angiogram on Tuesday and like I posted before if they are able to block the rest of the AVM off, if there is just low flow they may not do anything. We are trusting that God will guide their hands and decision making. God has been so wonderful and merciful to us so far we are absolutely sure that He will continue to keep His hand on Matt through this next procedure. Please continue to pray for Matt and the doctors. Matt and I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas. I will tell you that this Christmas had a special feel to it for us, not only were we celebrating the birth of our Savior, but we were able to celebrate Matt still being here with us. What an awesome and wonderful God we serve. THank you for keeping us in your prayers and for your faithfulness in your reading of the blog. We love you all and I will post again when we get back home from San Antonio.