matthew is HOME!!!!

HOLA EVERYONE....

i just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that we are HOME!! THANK YOU for all the prayers and good thoughts for matthew........MATTHEW IS HOME!! THANK YOU GOD! we are so very happy to be back in our own home in his NEW BED....more of that later...anyway, today, we were seen by 2 drs that both said that he was STILL SICK and STILL WHEEZING ALL OVER but, they gave me the option to stay there at the hospital or go home....i told them that we would love to go home! thank GOD for nursing care to help me thru the day....it is going to be REALLY TOUGH the next couple of days because right now, he is on neb treatments every 3 hours for 2 more days, then down to every 4 hours then down to every 6 hours then back to normal....he went home on his oral steroid for another 8 days and he will be on omniceph antibiotic for another 21 days (he has been on an antibiotic since the 22nd!!)...he will be having a CT SINUS SCAN on 3/25 to see if they can see if MAYBE that is what is causing all this drama for matthew...he has been sick on and off since JUNE, has been on antibiotics about 5 rounds, oral steroids about 4 rounds and just albuterol treatment over and over for TOO many to count!! so they will check that out and see if there is ANYTHING THERE!! i am so happy they are trying to find that out because it has been SOOO HARD watching he get sick all the time...and knowing we are doing all we can to keep him HEALTHY and for us not to be able too.....very fustrating and very draining.... very sad....so, i just PRAY PRAY PRAY that they can help out my little guy because as draining and fustrating it is for ME it is nothing to say what it must be like for MATTHEW....he can't TELL ME how he really feels or what pain he is in or anything.....altough, with that BEAUTIFUL SMILE he has, well, it makes it hard to even believe that he is feeling as bad as i know he must be....

and another thing, my son ALEX is SICK NOW TOO!! since sat, he has had a temperature...so off we go to the drs tomorrow....man, i am TIRED....

i just wanted to say THANK YOU from my family for all the support that has been given to our family as we went thru this VERY TRYING time in our lives...with james being so far away, and me here at home with the boys, it was very SCARY time not know how things were going to work...but i KNEW THRU GOD that everything would fall into place and it DID!! my wonderful MIL took over alex THANK GOD and they had a great time together....i kept joshua with me and we stayed with matthew....now the hardest part was LEAVING matthew to come home to be with alex and run errands for the house....everytime i left he would CRY THE WHOLE TIME....it was heartbreaking....i NEVER have left matthew by himself when he has been in the hospital....james would do the running around and i would stay with matthew....i hope i NEVER have to do that AGAIN!!! matthew is sick as it is and to leave him there BY HIMSELF broke my heart....well, we had some WONDERFUL FRIENDS that came over the the hospital and brought food and goodies....wow, i know james kept saying that he was so happy that so many people cared and helped us out! it made a DIFFERENCE in how "enjoyable" the stay was (if you can call it that)....we did get to see a whole bunch of our wonderful family of nurses/RT/staff and it was wonderful for them to see how BIG matthew was!! it had been almost a YEAR or longer since they saw him...and of course seeing the new baby....he kept getting taken away for at least 45min or so each time....i had no problems because they are our family....

well, the last of the update is that MATTHEW GOT HIS SLEEP SAFER BED!!! this bed is BEAUTIFUL and he so deserves it!! i will post pictures of it on my blog (as soon as i get another moment to do it!) so you can see it!! it is REALLY NICE!! i can't wait to buy some sheets for him...awww....he looks like such a BIG BOY in his BIG BOY BED!!! and it is really nice!!! he got it the DAY that everything went haywire and he slept in it ONE NIGHT before we were in the hospital...

anyway, thanks again for all the EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, love and support that was given to us....you will NEVER know how much it meant to us....with everything going on, knowing that ya'll are out there means the world to us! THANK YOU!!

i will keep everyone updated on our BLOG www.blessingsinmylife.blogspot.com and also post pictures SOON of the beautiful bed and him it.....know that we appreciate all the thoughts and prayers for this little boy and our family....we feel SO BLESSED!!

take care and GOD BLESS..

JAMES, MARIA, ALEX, MATTHEW, & JOSHUA