Thoughts and prayers requested

buttercup · Awesome

Thoughts and prayers requested

sparky · The Girls Love Me

Link does not work bc, but I got there from the one on TOP.

This link should work:

http://www.caringbridge.org/

Then click on "visit a CaringBridge site" and for the site name, enter Matthewhannon

My thoughts are with him, his parents and his brothers and sister.

I have always had a saying that we are dying from the moment we are born and that some of us just happen to be luckier than others and manage to stretch the period of death out longer than others.

Matthew will be one of the lucky ones hopefully, because I also think you have to look at things positively.

Cancer is evil, amongst other illnesses & diseases, but it is even more evil when it tries to claim the life of someone that has not even had the chance to live at such a young and tender age.

Good luck Matthew, you WILL get through this.

eltsacon · Toy Boat

You know, this is the kind of thread I always get in trouble in!

Puttng duct tape over my mouth as we speak, (or in this case my fingers).

OOO KJKKKL

HHHASAARRRRDDFDD TTTTTIIIIOOOOOOOOO TTTTTTYYYYYYYYYOPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEe

:)

Reguest fulfilled.....

straight up · Beer Please

IO and I went to the site and left a prayer for the whole family.

buttercup · Awesome

I saw that and let them know that you're friends of mine. Thank you.

plush · yummy

what a good lookin little man. I left a little message.

buttercup · Awesome

Thank you, Plush.

Inside Out · Bored

I have been dropping by to keep track of his progress ...

This is what was put in his journal today ...

Matty did really well today, we got to the clinic about 9:30 and left about 1:15. He was a little difficult to handle there. They are not very well equipt to handle the real little ones, although they did tell me they are going to order a playpen for when we are there. I have to hold him or put in the stroller while we are there, they have the regular hospital floor and he is still a little to small to crawl around on it. He does look much better though and hopefully will sleep well, I think all total today he slept about 20 minutes. Erin watched the boys for us today, which was a wonderful help and I brought Matty in to visit when we picked the boys up. I think he was happy to be free from the IV lines. We are scheduled to have the nurse come here on Friday morning and draw his blood, as long as the levels are ok we will be going to the hospital for our 5 day admission in the afternoon.

He and his family is in my prayers ...

buttercup · Awesome

Thanks, IO. I spoke with his mom last night, they'll be at the hospital until Tuesday.

buttercup · Awesome

Since you were kind enough to either leave messages or pray for Matthew, I thought I'd give you an update. He's still undergoing heavy chemo and they had to amputate his arm just a few days before his first birthday a couple of weeks ago. I saw him over the weekend, and seeing him laugh and smile was wonderful.

There's a fundraising walk for children called Heel to Heal at the end of this month, and we've put together a team for Matty, I'll make sure to post some pics.

Anyway, please continue to keep him and his family in your prayers - it's so rare for a baby to have this condition, they really don't know what will happen in the future.

Inside Out · Bored

I am so sorry that he is not doing any better ... I was getting updates on his condition until I changed our e-mail ... now they have stopped ... Maybe I will have a chance and the tower tomorrow to leave another prayer ... and update my e-mail so that they will continue to update me ...

As always BC ... Little Mat is in my prayers ... and in my heart ...

I have 21 nieces and nephews ... and each one of them are precious to me ... so I have an idea how you must feel ... "Helpless" ...

but don't give up "Hope" ...

Love ya sis ...

Just Me

sparky · The Girls Love Me

That is so sad that they had to amputate his arm at such a young and tender age.

I'm at a loss for words now.
Sorry.

Inside Out · Bored

The Fern & the Bamboo

One day I decided to quit....I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality.....I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"

His answer surprised me.... "Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"

"Yes", I replied.

"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo". He said. "In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit."

He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.

Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
> It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."

He said to me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots? I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. Don't compare yourself to others."

He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make the forest beautiful."
"Your time will come, "God said to me." You will rise high!" "How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.

"As high as it can?" I questioned. "Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

Never regret a day in your life.

Good days give you Happiness.

Bad days give you Experiences.

Both are essential to life.

Keep going...

Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrows keep you Human, Failures keep you Humble, Success keeps You Glowing, But Only God keeps You Going!

GOD is too wise to be mistaken..
GOD is too good to be unkind...
so when you don't understand..
when you don't see HIS plan...
when you can't trace HIS hand...

HAVE FAITH AND TRUST HIS HEART

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

buttercup · Awesome

That is beautiful, IO, and their faith is what keeps them going. One good thing is that because he'll grow up with a prosthetic arm, he'll be better equipped and able to deal with it than someone who's a teenager or an adult. Also, he's so young, he won't remember any of these things that he's gone through. You have to look for the bright spots, they're always there.

Inside Out · Bored

I could not sleep last night

so I made a little video for Mr. & Mrs. Hannon "Mathew's Parents"

Butter will you see that the get it ...

Didn't work ... will have to reload it ...

-- Edited by Inside Out at 07:30, 2007-09-28

Inside Out · Bored

I tried twice now to upload it ... but the music does not load properly ...

I will have to figure this out ... I have not had this problem before ...

I did it the same way I did all my other ones ...

one way or another I am going to get this to you Butter for Matty's Family ...

straight up · Beer Please

Go to sleep .... young lady ....

Inside Out · Bored

Well Let's try this one ...

<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i46.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=https://vid46.photobucket.com/albums/f136/ButterCup999/ForMatty_0002.flv"></embed>

straight up · Beer Please

Thats one smiley happy little dude .... Great movie IO ....

Hows he doing BC???

buttercup · Awesome

IO, I can hardly see to type because you've brought tears to my eyes. That is just beautiful and I will make sure that his parents see that, whether they sign up on GBU or whether I send it to them.

The walk was this morning, I cannot thank you and SU enough for what you've done - altogether, Matty's Marchers raised almost $10,000 and we had around 60 people walking with us, including his doctors and nurses.

Here's one picture that I took, when I have a chance I'll pull the rest off of my camera and as soon as I get a picture of the whole group I'll post that as well. But this is one with Matty in it, he wasn't able to stay for long.

-- Edited by buttercup at 13:40, 2007-09-30