So Today is the Day....

Well is 1:34 pm, and we havent heard from Mark yet, but it's still early. But today is the day we're supposed to know our answer. Our big, life changing, forever gonna be in Mark's debt, cant wait to start my family, all I've ever wanted, kinda answer.

Hopefully by the time I go have dinner with my girlfriends tonight (yum, Olive Garden!) we will have an answer about the hearing.

I think I will have some good news to share either way.... ;)

Lots going on!

Well for those who don't know, Matt got out of the hospital on Sunday the 31st. So that was a total of 16 days in the hospital! yikes! All in all, his lungs are feeling great, but one of the new meds they put him on, caused a reaction that we certainly did expect! It's called Vasculitis. luckily its only in his legs and not anywhere more life threatening. It's very painful and makes it extremely hard for Matt to walk. He pretty much looks like a toddler, teetering around the house.

Luckily, my mom had the foresight to tell me to take last week off, since I had plenty of PTO time left before our fiscal work year ends. So I got to stay home with Matt all week! And it could only have worked out better if he wasn't broken. LOL I didn't get as much done around the house as I had planned, but I was available to help Matt get around, and gather meds, etc... He cant really work, because his job is all about him being on his feet and moving around. I guess we'll just have to see how it progress' this week.

Something else going on right now is that today is the first day of Mark's (Matt's dad) settlement trial. He has to testify on Wednesday, and we should know the results of the case by Friday. I don't think my nerves could possibly be any more tightly wound!

Well good news or bad news at least we will know. Of course I am praying for good news! LOL Then we are leaving on Saturday the 13th for Seattle. We're going to the Seahawks game on the 14th, and have an appt with the CF clinic on Monday the 16th. so it will be a packed next week!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers! So far so good, just keep em up!

Hospital Update

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Matt is much better today! Dare I say "Back to Normal." LOL

Thankfully Matt got to see his regular Dr. yesterday, who informed him he is doing fine, lungs are good as they can be, it will just take time. Went over his meds, made whatever adjustments, etc...

Thankfully his nurse last night figured out what was going on. A nurse from Sunday night had unhooked him from a pertineant med, and never hooked it back up again. She noticed and took care of it directly.

So this morning he perked right back up and started eating again. LOL

Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers!

Long, LONG Weekend...

Well, I will keep this brief. It has been a helluva weekend. Matt was feeling pretty good on friday and most of saturday. Sunday we pretty much napped and snacked all day. Today he's not doing so great.

He's already been in for over a week, and they arent planning on releasing him until this coming friday.

So far the hardest part has been all the mixed messages from the numerous different doctors passing through his room. We're pretty much relying on his regular doc for accurate info, since we have a relationship with him. Whereas we've never even met these other people, and they barely introduced themselves before changing meds and not even telling us to what or why.

It was really frusterating. But Dr Vaz will be back today and hopefully everything will be cleared up! Crossing our fingers.....

The Countdown Begins...

Ok, so there are approximately 6 days until Mark goes in for settlement negotiations and 17 days until the trial is set to begin.

Mark is really beginning to stress because he not only has his own financial needs, but he also recognizes that Matt and I are counting on him to be able to begin IVF. Not that we would ever intentionally add any extra pressure to an already stressful situation. It just kind of is what it is.

I have my moments of elation, and I think to myself "Oh my gosh, this might actually happen!" Then I get all scared and nervous excited. The thing that I feel like my life has revolved around for the last few years, might actually come to fruition.

Then I also have heartbreaking moments of despair. I hate feeling dependant. Especially monetarily. I feel like I'm not even in control of my own future, and that frightens me.

I try to keep faith. I know that though I may not know "the plan," someone else does, and it's really all in His hands.

I would really appreciate any positive thoughts and prayers anyone is willing to shoot our way. Especially in the next 6-17 days! ;) We need every one of them.

I Need a Clone!

Let me just start by saying this weekend was insane.

Thursday night Matt and I went to the ER. Matt had been sick for 3 days with a nasty fever and couldn't breathe. They gave him some meds and an rx and sent us home. Friday morning Matt was worse, so back in we went. He hadn't even taken his bracelet off from the night before! LOL Way to save time! Needless to say, they decided to admit him, and that's kinda what we were hoping for. He was really sick. They plan on keeping him inpatient for 2 whole weeks! It sounds bad, but is ultimately in his best interest to get him as healthy as we can!

All this is going on while I am supposed to be packing for a trip to Boise this weekend for family support. It was really important and my fam was really counting on me. But I was feeling severely torn between going to help or staying with Matt.

In the end, Matt said he was in the right place if he needed help, and he didn't want me to miss being with my family. So I went.

The plan was to try and get out of town by 9 or 10 am. Friday was such a wreck, we didn't end up leaving until 1 pm!

I'll leave out most of the details or it would take me a week to get in all the important stuff. Suffice it to say, every single day of my weekend was packed full of drama/excitement (both good and bad) with family stuff and Matt stuff. I am just realizing today that I am about stressed to the max. Bless Brenda's heart for taking care of my 4 monster dogs, or I would be a total basket case!

I need a weekend off after my weekend!

Because I am a Ticker Fanatic....and My Mom Told Me Too!