What a difference in life from yesterday. Matt’s spirits are pretty high today. “HIGH” being the key word!
He started out slow this morning but we have had stable news from both set of doctors (medical and oncology). There were some scary test results this morning about kidney possibly starting to fail, but thank God it was an error in the report and all is amazingly good. Tests have remain stable in results for blood levels. So it has been a good day.
I was able to go home and get some sleep in my own bed and took a nice long shower. I was so happy when I returned to the hospital to hear laughter coming down the hallway. Big sis, Ashley, had sent in the Marines to kick Matt’s butt outta bed. They had him walking the hallways for some much needed exercise. Their visit really helped get him occupy his mind. After they headed out he was ready to get a much needed shower. It is a lot easier now that the picc line is in. So I know he felt like a million bucks after the shower.
I was waiting in the bigger family waiting room for him to finish when his friend Sara came in with a huge bag off magazines and games along with an Oreo sonic ice cream thing. That apparently hit the spot since he ate almost half of that. Dinner was all gone….grilled cheese made especially for him.
All the visitors today really helped. Our friends from Houston even came in. (That was a much needed break for Terry and me.) We were so loud in the waiting room with our stories and laughter I was worried we might all get kicked out. Matt is coming to some terms and acceptance with what is now a reality. He was able to joke, too much at times, about how he is feeling and what he has. I’m worried it may have freaked out the girls from Houston….but that is the Trainer way to cope. Laughter is the best medicine was so true tonight. Here it is, 11 PM, and he is just coming in from being out in the waiting room. Nurses have said this is so good, to let him have visitors and be out of the room now when he can, since things will be changing when he begins the next stage of treatment next week.
The staff here has been amazing. The nurses have been so kind and letting us know what ever Matt wants they will get. Annabell is the night nurse that Matt has bonded so well with. She gets his humor and is also in her 20s so she is just telling him like it is.
So thank you all more than you know for your prayers. Keep them coming. Hope to continue with good news tomorrow!
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