Update on Matt

Well, it's been a while since Matt has been home from the hospital and he has been bouncing around from specialist to specialist to find someone who can help him solve his health problems. A few weeks after he left the hospital, he went back in for a follow up with his surgeon and then later his pulmenologist and the consensus was that his lung basically looked the same, meaning the dead tissue areas were not repairing themselves like they had hoped. The next week, he saw his ENT doctor and he was worried because Matt's sinus infection (that was first noticed and treated in January), was still present and no amount of antibiotics would cure it. He suggested that Matt have his blood tested for immune deficiencies. The blood tests showed that Matt has an immunoglobulin deficiency (basically, his body doesn't produce the immunoglobin that creates white blood cells to fight infection, thus, he gets every infection out there and his body can't heal). SO, his ENT doc referred him to an Infectious Diseases doctor...who didn't know what to do and in turn referred him to a Hematologist at the local Cancer Treatment Center (I guess this disease is common in cancer patients, so they treat it at the cancer center). Anyway, today Matt had his appointment with the Hematologist and they officially diagnosed him with hypogammaglobulinemia. Click here to find out more about it. Anyway, the "solution" is that Matt will have to receive transfusions of gammaglobulin about every 4 weeks for the rest of his life. So, I guess that's the update. It's good to know FINALLY what is going on with him and why he is so sick all the time. Hopefully these transfusion will be okay on him, they prescribed Vicotin to help with the painful side affects. His first one is next Thursday. Thanks for all the prayers and love and concern we have felt from all.