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Matthew's Journey
Matthew was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (A.L.L.)on November 27, 2000. After 3 years and 2 months of chemotherapy, Matthew officially completed chemotherapy on January 26, 2004!
Sadly, Matthew relapsed in December 2004. We begin this fight and journey once again. I am thrilled to share that on July 20th, 2007 Matthew finished chemo for the second and hopefully last time!
On October 10th at 4pm we received the horrible news that Matthew had relapsed again, this time in his Central Nervous System. Our world has been shattered once again. We are fighting for remission and then on to a bone marrow transplant.
On January 24th 2008 after Cranial, Total Body (TBI) and Testicular radiation and 3 days of very strong chemo, Matthew received the gift of life from an unrelated donor. Our hearts are filled with gratitude to the wonderful lady that donated her bone marrow to Matthew. We hope to make contact with her after the mandatory one year mark! My son is a fighter and one of the strongest young men that I know.
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Friday, October 23, 2015 3:34 PM CDT Hello to anyone who might still be checking in on Matthew.
I just experienced over the past 2.5 weeks the most amazing moments a person could ever experience. Matthew got married. Yes, you read that right, our miracle boy got married to sweet Emily. To make this emotional moment even more emotional, Martina the humblest, most generous and most loving woman in Germany attended the wedding. This amazing woman just happens to be the woman who helped save Matthew’s life. She gave him the gift of her bone marrow, the gift of life. This woman from a small village in Bavaria was a perfect match for my son. She willingly said yes, when asked, to going through a very painful procedure to save a complete stranger’s life. The tears have flowed like a river during her stay with us. Happy tears, emotional tears, thankful tears and loving tears. As I said a tearful goodbye today to this very special woman, I let her know that I loved her before we actually “met” and I loved her even more today. I am lucky to have gained another sister in my life.
We are thanking God for the miracle of Matthew and Emily!
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