Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Why Can't Matt Gain Weight?

Howdy everyone, Matt still is hoovering between 98 & 100 lbs. We are unsure why he cant gain any weight. Today April 29Th we went to Mary bridge to see Dr. Irwin.He had some ideas that might be causing it. One is that we gave him so much meds & ect. that his stomach quit working with his brain, or It could be GVHD, or it's depression. Mom spoke with the nutrition team and also one of Matt's phycologist, I'm thinking it's depression more than anything else, at least I'm hoping so.
Matt also talked with his phycologist and his Dr. and by the time we left he was feeling better and smiling again. He even gave all the nurses a hug before we left.
Dr. Irwin says we don't have weeks or months to figure this out or Matt will have to have a feeding tube put in. OK take a deep breath,everything is going to be fine.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Matt's Doing Better



We had Matt's PICC line taken out last week. He is doing better now. The shingles are gone. Yea! Matt is trying to get his strength up now so he is playing golf witch he loves, and he got the green light to ride his 2 year old NEW motorcycle again. He took classes to learn how to use a clutch just before he got sick. Matt's other motorcycle a 11o auto Suzuki is now Nicole's. Matt is still losing weight though and that scares all of us. We have tried everything, he just seems not hungry. If he dose eat, it's small portions. As of April 14Th he weighs 100 lbs.