Matthew's Blog

One boy's long road to recovery. Matthew was born two months premature with a rare fourfold heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and MAPCA's, and Ventricular Septal Defect. He's had two open heart surgeries and will need additional heart surgeries in the future. To appreciate the absolute miracle of this "3 plus million dollar boy", you'd need to look into the "Archives" beginning after his first 9 hr open heart surgery at Stanford, August 2005.

Friday, March 17, 2006

This is the front of Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. This long narrow walk way can be the most oppresive & lonely trail to the parents of a sick child. Everyday last summer as we would walk towards the entrance, Terri and I would steel ourselves in preparation for the news that usually awaited us behind those doors. This morning I asked myself, "are the storm clouds above a foreshadowing of the day to come? Will Matthew be extubated today?"

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TUFFENUF5:36 PM
So glad to hear that Matthew made it sucessfully thru his surgery, and thank you Dad for keeping up the blog. I know it is a tough and trying time for you and your wife, try to relax and get some rest yourselves. I have been praying for you and your family, and hoping for a speedy recovery for Matthew.
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We never get tired of hearing how cute Matthew is. Go ahead :-)and tell us all about it!!

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