Thursday, March 26, 2009

9th Admit to Mary Bridge Hospital.

How do you know that the hospital staff likes you or not? They keep a stethoscope with your name tag on it for when you come back.... We love the staff at Mary Bridge!

Matt started with a light rash Saturday night, and by Monday morning he had 1 blister. We saw his oncologist and they upped his dose of Acyclovir but by Tuesday morning they were really bad so they admitted him to the hospital for IV Antibiotics and a round of really high doses of Acyclovir, and IV Pain meds. Matt has Shingles. Very common in BMT patients. The problem is that it can easily go to Hepatitis or Pneumonia.

Yes I did say IV. Yes Matt had to have a PICC line put back in his Left arm. Mom & Dad are very worried about the Line but hope things will be OK.

When people have Chicken Pox as a child it stays in your nervous system for life. It can come out in the form of Shingles at any time, but only picks on the elderly or Immune suppressed people. It is Very painful and takes quite some time to get over. The plan is to get Matt out of here late tonight or Friday, then continue the IV medications at home. Hope you all have a good Spring Break as I think we will be staying close to home for now. Thanks for all your prayers and moral support. It seems that when Mom gets really tired she breaks down a bit, then my friends pick me back up and off I go again. Thanks to all of You especially my good friend Diane. Love Lynn & Matt

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Fun In New York City!
















We had a blast in New York. We went to Time Square,Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, FAO Schwarz, Carriage ride through Central Park, The Empire State Building, and of course no trip would be complete without going to Hershey world and M&M world.





The main event and Matt's wish came true on Tuesday the 10th of March when a Limo picked us up and took us to the taping of Emeril Lagasse. The extra bonus was that he is teaming up now with Martha Stewart. We were on a live show and Matt got to eat and share with his family a plate of crawdad creole recipe that Emeril made. It was fantastic! Matt and family meet with Emeril before the taping and he sat and talked with us for about 20 minutes. Emeril gave both Matt and Nicole lots of gifts. Even though Emeril isn't supposed to take gifts, Matt gave him a couple of his favorites he likes to make. What great memories, Thank You Make A Wish.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Matt's Make A Wish Send Off Dinner







We had a great time at Stanley and Seaforts for Matt's send off dinner. Matt chose Rick, Nadlae, Bailey and Jacob Ainley, 4 close Friends from Granite Falls to enjoy in the occasion. Tomorrow morning we will be heading to NY to meet and be on Emeril Lagasse's Cooking show. We will be in NY for 4 day's and will update the blog with pictures and all the fun stuff we will be seeing when we get back. See you soon. Love Lynn & Family