Just talked to Aunt Pam

And Matthew is still doing good. It is so amazing at the turn around he has made just since having this surgery. We all were pretty sure it would make a difference but to see (well hear on my part) what a huge difference it has made makes us wish we had pushed for it sooner...but God has a plan and that is the plan we must follow. Pam told me that even though you would think Matthew would be in pain from the surgery he just had she said he doesn't seem to be in any pain. Which makes us wonder just how much pain he was in before the surgery. The doctor gave him some pain meds after the surgery but since then he hasn't needed any. Thank God!

Matthew will be physical therapy again on Monday. His home nurse Kathy said that when she worked with him Friday he was doing great. She was so excited because she said he did EVERYTHING she told him to do! They want to start taking him somewhere to do his physical therapy just so he will get more out of it. Pam said that if they take him somewhere that he will get speech therapy as well. Oh I can't wait to hear his voice again! Even if it is filled with wise cracks!!!!! Pam says it is almost like he can see better. They used to have to get up close to his face when they would talk to him but now she said if they get that close it's almost like he's trying to make them back up! Pam said it's amazing at how alert he is.

Pam did say that the front part of his brain wasn't holding the fluid like it should. But the doctor wants to see him back in two weeks and then again in a few months. At that point they will decide if the shunt needs to be adjusted. So please say a special prayer that Matthew will have no permanent brain damage. I just can't thank God enough for all he's doing. We all know that none of this would be possible without His healing hand!