When we posted a link to Matthew's wish list for some books we hoped to get a couple of them but the response was overwhelming! Thanks everyone! Some of the boxes came with packing lists that named who gave the books and some did not. We will be trying to personally thank those of you whom we know to thank, but if you don't hear from us, it might just be that we can't because we don't know. Perhaps one of the best surprises this week is getting books from people we haven't had contact with in a very long time, and in a couple of cases even from people we don't know (friends of family members and friends of friends!) What an encouragement knowing that so many people care for Matthew who have never even met him! Thanks so much!
At any rate the books are keeping Matthew occupied. He is looking at all the pictures, placing lots of stickers and really likes the stories. Jason is also enjoying the benefit of having new books around, especially the book about drawing Star Wars. He's already spent multiple hours with that book.
As for an update on Matthew... he has had some really good days this week, but with the ups have certainly come some downs. He had a period of about 36 hours with absolutely no fever, not even low grade. But then the past two nights it has spiked during the night. Last night his fever reached 105.3 degrees for a couple of hours, which is the highest it has been for a couple of weeks. It was right back down to 97.5 this morning when he woke up though and he has had a fever free day all day. Recently he has been experiencing regulay stomach aches, perhaps due to all the ibuprofen he has been taking over the past 7+ weeks, but we're not sure. Continue to keep him in your prayers.
1 comment:
First let me wish your family all the best.
That Temperature Map is fascinating I'm taking a Heat Conduction and Transfer class in college and we just got a chart like that but it was for a football player during 24 hours before and after practice.
The body is remarkably strong.
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