Matthew's Blog

Mater Magoo :)

2012-01-02T19:54:00.001-08:00

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P90X

2012-01-02T08:34:00.001-08:00

P90X buddy

2012-01-02T08:33:00.001-08:00

July 2011

2011-12-29T16:26:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2011

2011-12-29T16:25:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2011

2011-12-29T16:24:00.001-08:00

2011-12-29T16:23:00.001-08:00

Haircut w/Doug

2011-12-29T16:18:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2011

2011-12-29T16:15:00.001-08:00

Smile!!

2011-08-25T21:58:00.001-07:00

Just waiting

2011-07-01T05:56:00.001-07:00

All he wanted to do was to go home

2011-07-01T05:55:00.001-07:00

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Going home

2011-07-01T05:53:00.000-07:00

MRI DAY

2011-07-01T05:50:00.000-07:00

Matthew had an MRI yesterday to check his Pulmonary Branches. Will find out news soon.

Getting EKG

2011-05-20T17:26:00.001-07:00

Getting ECHO

2011-05-20T17:25:00.001-07:00

Ready to blow out!

2011-05-16T16:40:00.001-07:00

Killin that pinata

2011-05-16T15:30:00.003-07:00

Blowing out 6 candles

2011-05-16T15:30:00.001-07:00

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Matty & Mike

2011-05-16T15:28:00.001-07:00

Going for a float w Jesse & Tracy

2011-05-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

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Cutting some firewood :)

2011-05-01T09:31:00.001-07:00

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Easter Egg Hunt

2011-05-01T09:31:00.000-07:00

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Matthew at park in Beaver

2011-04-03T18:05:00.000-07:00

Helping daddy in the shop

2011-04-03T18:04:00.000-07:00

Papa & Matthew

2011-04-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

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Our garage has been added

2011-04-03T16:44:00.001-07:00

Honey

2011-04-03T16:43:00.001-07:00

Just a few cute pics

2010-11-12T09:08:00.000-08:00

Mike's first deer, Matthew was unafraid

2010-11-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

Matty will be Spiderman for Halloween!

2010-09-11T20:20:00.001-07:00

Always crosses his little legs-so cute!

2010-08-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

Going to Cedar City

2010-08-30T19:55:00.001-07:00

At the pulmonologist

2010-08-23T16:05:00.001-07:00

Hard day at the ranch :)

2010-08-23T15:44:00.001-07:00

Taking a little nap

2010-08-23T14:35:00.001-07:00

Out cutting wood

2010-08-23T14:32:00.001-07:00

Chillin!

2010-08-23T14:20:00.001-07:00

Helping daddy

2010-08-23T14:17:00.001-07:00

On our way to Beaver

2010-08-23T14:15:00.001-07:00

Matty & train set

2010-08-23T14:11:00.001-07:00

Great news!!

2010-06-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

Children with valve defects face a lifetime of open heart surgeries - including three or more operations before high school graduation to repeatedly replace the tissue.

"This is a major limitation to our ability to provide ideal quality of life for children with these defects," said (Dr. Frank) Hanley, who is executive director of the Children's Heart Center at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto.

"It would make a dramatic difference in these children's lives if they could get one operation as a newborn and it would last forever."Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2FMNP41DMBUQ.DTL#ixzz0pdUgUFg5

Fun at the park in Beaver on Easter Sunday

2010-04-05T13:45:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Matthew coming down the slide

Waiting for Dr. Baron

2010-03-29T03:34:00.001-07:00

St George getting an ice cream cone.

2010-03-29T03:23:00.000-07:00

On our way to Beaver lol 2 cut firewood

2010-03-28T09:22:00.001-07:00

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Getting ready for bed

2010-03-28T09:15:00.001-07:00

Fun fun!

2010-03-28T09:14:00.001-07:00

Best Buddies

2010-03-28T08:47:00.001-07:00

2010-03-26T09:50:00.001-07:00

Okay I have a funny Matthew story. His OT teacher came by last week. She was sitting on one of his little "farm" chairs_she went to scoot back, but the chair didn't budge- but the entire back just flew of and she landed on her bum- I was in back room and ALL I could hear from Matthew was: YOU BROKE IT!! YOU BROKE IT!! YOU BROKE IT!!! YOU BROKE THE CHAIR!! in his high pitched little voice!!

Happy Heart Day!

2010-02-14T06:50:00.000-08:00

Baking Cookies

2010-01-13T12:29:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Terri & Matthew had so much fun baking cookies at the cabin this weekend.

Chainsaw

2010-01-13T12:14:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Matthew got a chainsaw for Christmas and was showing off his skills today.

Steel Magnolia: Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug..

2010-01-01T20:31:00.000-08:00

Steel Magnolia: Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug..

We just found out New Years Eve that Mikey has a large tumor on his pituitary gland.

Paging Dr. Gupta

2009-12-31T03:46:00.000-08:00

Our CNN Blog Post

This is our opinion to ObamaCare. We do not like it or want it.

Some fun pictures

2009-12-24T14:52:00.000-08:00

Mike and Magoo

His first sight of Santa walking in the house.

Waiting his turn

Opening his gift

New snowsuit, boots and mittens from Gwamma & Papa

2009-12-24T14:44:00.000-08:00

Just got his H1N1 shot holding his arm

2009-11-18T21:41:00.001-08:00

2009-10-24T22:30:00.000-07:00

just relaxing

helping daddy

sitting at Beaver hospital for his $440. breathing treatment

Quick update

2009-10-19T07:58:00.000-07:00

Matthew is doing great ... now.... He was pretty sick a couple weeks ago up in Beaver. He was put back on Oxygen 24/7... but that only lasted a couple days... then he was on 02 only at night... now he's off...they think he was just starting to get pneumonia again in that left lung. He was given 2 Rocephine shots and that seemed to take care of it. His SATS were only 84 -85 for a couple days... yikes.

Needless to say, we are taking him in tomorrow for the H1N1 vaccine tomorrow.
We are also back to being "bubble boy" for the winters. Won't be taking him out into the public at all.... or other kids. Swine seems to be everywhere...even in Beaver school.

Hoping for a better winter than we had this summer!! I don't know!!

Look at that face! LOL

2009-09-29T04:33:00.001-07:00

Trying a Hush Puppy

2009-09-29T04:31:00.001-07:00

Dinner at Gwamma & Papa's

2009-09-29T04:28:00.001-07:00

Some fun pics of our little GooMan

2009-09-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

Matthew and his cousin Daniel up in Utah.

Matthew just tryin to get some shut eye w/ his goofy friends in Utah.

Matthew strangling Daniel..LOL

Matthew and his Auntie Tim...lol... I mean Kim

Swinging at Marie's

2009-08-30T20:42:00.001-07:00

Everyone on the in ground trampoline.

2009-08-30T20:37:00.001-07:00

On our way to Dr. Tenby's to check lungs

2009-08-26T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Matthew had pneumonia again sigh

2009-08-26T06:54:00.000-07:00

He started getting strange fevers again... only a couple days after ending his 10 days of antibiotics.

We were on our way to Beaver, but when we got by the speedway~ I had Mike bring me home.

Good thing, turned out he had pneumonia in that same lung and tonsillitis. He got another Rocephine shot and is now on another 10 day supply of antibiotics.

He is much much better. Sorry I neglected the blog, I have been posting on Facebook lately!

Matthew's meds for the day & nourismnt

2009-08-13T08:05:00.001-07:00

Plumb tuckered out~had been a long day for Magoo

2009-08-11T11:34:00.000-07:00

Spent 3 hours in the ER last night ~ fun fun

2009-08-11T09:46:00.000-07:00

Took Matthew to a few places to get his blood drawn last night ..... ended up going clear across town to the "best stickers" at Quest. The first place I went could not get blood.

His blood tests were labeled "STAT" so we got right in and right out! By the time I got home at 8:30 pm, got a call from Dr. Tenby stating that I needed to take him to ER for antibiotic shot ... he thinks Matty may have a bacterial infection .... but, we will know more about what it is after the blood cultures in a day or two..
so...

An X ray was taken of his little lungs and it showed he has a bit of pneumonia. We are shocked. We didn't see any signs of that.

Needless to say, it was a long evening ~ got home at 12:30 am.

More later... off to see Dr. Tenby.

2009-08-08T06:01:00.000-07:00

Heading to Beaver with the cats hanging out.

What a difference in two months

2009-08-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

Mike was playing around w/ his new computer and our video recorder. Gosh he was cute... He sure has grown.

Some fun pictures of the GooMan

2009-08-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

Riding in the RV to Beaver

Just kicking back..

Sleeping w/ his furry buddies... he was sick and the kitties snuggled up to him....

4 years ago July 28th ~ a new beginning...

2009-07-29T05:34:00.000-07:00

Matthew had his life saving 9 hour marathon open heart surgery 4 years ago on the 28th of July.

God bless Dr. Frank Hanley and the CVICU nurses and Respiratory Therapists who saved his life!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can never thank you enough!

Steel Magnolia: Matthew and furry friends

2009-07-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

Steel Magnolia: Matthew and furry friends

Matthew and Spookie

2009-07-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

Steel Magnolia: LoL

Hey Matthew fans... I have a Blackberry that I can post pics to blog from. But, I can't do my blog and Matthews blog at the same time. The little card w/ my pics are a pain to take out of my BB.

I have a million pics to post, but I am having a hard time making them come to THIS blog.

I am working on it.... so for now, click on the link above.

ATV'in w daddy

2009-07-08T19:34:00.001-07:00

Gwamma and Matt looking for cows

2009-07-05T06:34:00.001-07:00

4th of July at Maria's

2009-07-05T06:02:00.001-07:00

Riding w Papa in motorhome.

2009-07-03T09:08:00.001-07:00

Daddy's little helper

2009-06-28T08:08:00.001-07:00

Fun in Beaver with his buddies!

2009-06-27T08:20:00.001-07:00

Shopping at Sears

2009-06-27T08:08:00.001-07:00

Monkey face

2009-06-27T08:07:00.001-07:00

2009-06-19T06:47:00.000-07:00

Matthew is doing much better now.
He still needs oxygen at night up in Beaver... but hopefully for not much longer. He is finally back to eating a bit more and talking more.

I will post some pictures soon. I got a new pink Blackberry and I've been trying to post from IT.
I can't quite figure it out, all the pictures go to MY blog and the texts go to Matthews blog. ??

Matthew did go to swimming lessons up in Beaver and it was so fun for him. He didn't dunk his head since he was just getting over an ear infection. I will sign him up for some private lessons soon.
He sure loves the water.

He also loves our friends horse! He was just squealing and giggling over "Cooper"... it was cute.

Almost finished w/ the steroids. THANK GOD.

2009-05-28T10:38:00.001-07:00

We are almost done with the steroids. Poor Matthew is like a little Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde!

A couple pics from the past couple days

2009-05-21T08:42:00.000-07:00

Waiting to be released on Tuesday.

Just waiting to go home. This is Cody, a therapy dog.

Home sweet home in mom and dad's bed.

On our way home from hospital.

Matthew is still not feeling so good, definitely needs the oxygen. Getting lots of meds and breathing treatments. We go see Dr. Tenby and Dr. Nakamura tomorrow.

When I have more time, I will post some awesome birthday pictures of Matthew's birthday party up in Beaver. We had a Blue's Clue's cake and Mike had an awesome "hunting" cake.

2009-05-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

Just got home from hospital ... all hooked up to oxygen tank and his oxygen SAT monitor ... off to the pharmacy to fill his many new prescriptions. Whew... there's no place like home. This is like de ja vu for us. Should be getting oxygen concentrator soon, w/ humidified air so his little nose stays moist.

Not a good night last night for Matt and Mike

2009-05-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

Mike just text'd me, he'd be surprised if Matt got to go home today, had a hard time keeping SAT's up even on 3 liters. Matt didn't sleep well and neither did Mike.

They repositioned Matthew, sucked out his nose, changed sensor and gave him extra treatments and CPT... still didn't help.

That worries me.

Here it is... the shot we all dread in the hospital gown

2009-05-18T18:50:00.000-07:00

Ah yes, we all know and dread this hospital gown and the walk around the halls. Matthew had the advantage of a diaper, however :)

He took a few more strolls around the halls today. His oxygen levels drop when he sleeps and he was back up to 2.5 liters when I left tonight. He is scheduled to be released tomorrow morning, but on oxygen support at home.

Daddy is on his way back to the hospital to do another sleep over with Matthew. Luckily, there is always at least one parent with him at any given time. Terri will head home and get some much needed rest.

Face of an Angel, Heart of a Soldier

2009-05-18T09:39:00.001-07:00

Doesn't he look like a little angel? He really is such a soldier. They tried to take him off his oxygen, but his oxygen saturation levels dropped again. So, he's back on a small amount. They say he'll be able to come home when he goes an entire night without any oxygen support.

More strolls around the halls

2009-05-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

Unlike this picture, he really does enjoy his little walks. The only time I thought we might have a problem is when he saw the wagon... he loves to ride in the wagon he has at home. Mike did a good job diverting his attention whenever we came close to the little red wagon.

I just love this!

2009-05-18T09:23:00.000-07:00

Another picture of Matthew giving himself medicine. It's just too cute, I had to post another picture of it.

The Elephant Mask

2009-05-17T17:36:00.001-07:00

Today was not a "bad" day... he just didn't seem to progress very much from yesterday. Getting him out of bed and walking the halls was a really good thing, however. Not only did he enjoy it, but it's very good for his little lungs.

Even the lion needed a breathing treatment today

2009-05-17T17:34:00.001-07:00

His respiratory therapist brought him this lion today. Matthew was happy giving him breathing treatments. Dr. Tenby stopped by later and showed Matthew how the lion should cough after the treatments.

Matthew is very proactive in his care

2009-05-17T17:32:00.001-07:00

Here, he is pretending to administer some medication through his G-tube. He had so much fun doing this. I hope they give reduced hospital rates for self serve.

Reading Time

2009-05-17T17:29:00.001-07:00

Gramma W spent some time reading to Magoo this afternoon. He enjoyed it. There was a little dog in the book that looks like Gramma's little dog, Moose.

Matthew finally gets out for a walk in the halls

2009-05-17T17:25:00.000-07:00

We all did four or five laps around the pediatric unit today. It did take three adults to accomplish this with all of his equipment. I think I ran into Daddy's feet about ten times with the oxygen tank. Oops! Matthew was so cute, though. He was happy to be out and about. He made sure he looked into every single room... just like his Mommy. Love ya, Terri!!

Mommy's sick too!!

2009-05-17T17:23:00.000-07:00

Uh oh... mommy's sick now, too. But don't her eyes look pretty :)

Matthew's Blog

Mater Magoo :)

P90X

P90X buddy

July 2011

Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011

Haircut w/Doug

Christmas 2011

Smile!!

Just waiting

All he wanted to do was to go home

Going home

MRI DAY

Getting EKG

Getting ECHO

Ready to blow out!

Killin that pinata

Blowing out 6 candles

Matty & Mike

Going for a float w Jesse & Tracy

Cutting some firewood :)

Easter Egg Hunt

Matthew at park in Beaver

Helping daddy in the shop

Papa & Matthew

Our garage has been added

Honey

Just a few cute pics

Mike's first deer, Matthew was unafraid

Matty will be Spiderman for Halloween!

Always crosses his little legs-so cute!

Going to Cedar City

At the pulmonologist

Hard day at the ranch :)

Taking a little nap

Out cutting wood

Chillin!

Helping daddy

On our way to Beaver

Matty & train set

Great news!!

Fun at the park in Beaver on Easter Sunday

Waiting for Dr. Baron

St George getting an ice cream cone.

On our way to Beaver lol 2 cut firewood

Getting ready for bed

Fun fun!

Best Buddies

Happy Heart Day!

Baking Cookies

Chainsaw

Steel Magnolia: Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug..

Paging Dr. Gupta

Some fun pictures

New snowsuit, boots and mittens from Gwamma & Papa

Just got his H1N1 shot holding his arm

Quick update

Look at that face! LOL

Trying a Hush Puppy

Dinner at Gwamma & Papa's

Some fun pics of our little GooMan

Swinging at Marie's

Everyone on the in ground trampoline.

On our way to Dr. Tenby's to check lungs

Matthew had pneumonia again *sigh*

Matthew's meds for the day & nourismnt

Plumb tuckered out~had been a long day for Magoo

Spent 3 hours in the ER last night ~ fun fun

What a difference in two months

Some fun pictures of the GooMan

4 years ago July 28th ~ a new beginning...

Steel Magnolia: Matthew and furry friends

Matthew and Spookie

ATV'in w daddy

Gwamma and Matt looking for cows

4th of July at Maria's

Riding w Papa in motorhome.

Daddy's little helper

Fun in Beaver with his buddies!

Matthew had pneumonia again sigh