Get well Matty. We are all pulling for ya.

Just saw this thread.

 

My thoughts and prayers are with Matty and his family. Be strong young man and be positive. Trust in the Good Lord.

 

Thanks for the updates folks. I expect to read many positive updates.:thumb:

Best of luck to this young man and his family. We pray for a full recovery and Matty gets back to the business of being a teenage boy. What better way to spread the grace of God than enjoying your high school years.

As someone wrote to our family,

"Even though we are competitors on the field, as parents we are all in this together".

 

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your son for a speedy recovery.

 

 

Absolutely:thumb:

 

Matty and his family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Transplant is going to happen within the next two weeks.

Prayers to this young man and his family.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Matty and his family. Get well soon!!!!

After some initial concerns with Kelly's NK cell count, they have gotten the go ahead to do the surgery, which is scheduled for October 1st. Keep the prayers coming

After some initial concerns with Kelly's NK cell count, they have gotten the go ahead to do the surgery, which is scheduled for October 1st. Keep the prayers coming

Hope it works out.

Forgot to give some updates-

 

The surgery went as planned and both Matt and Kelly are recovering well at this point. Kelly's cells should start to grow in Matt within the next few days, and that is when he might start feeling nauteous and/or loses some hair.

 

Keep the prayers coming.

Thoughts and prayers out to the Klein family. Hope all is going well.

Matty is doing very well, and his blood counts are even higher than they expected them to be at this point, but something that they haven't seen at Children's Hospital is going on. I will copy from what I read:

 

The idea of going through the transplant was for Kelly’s cells to replace Matt’s cells. They had hoped that the “engraftment level” of Kelly’s cells in Matt would be “100% Kelly.” However, the transplant did not go as expected since the majority of Matt’s blood cells are “his,” not “Kelly’s.” Frankly, it is not something they have ever experienced at Cincinnati Children’s; they have never even heard of it before in someone with Matt’s background/work-up/transplant process. It is something they will monitor over time just as they would have if Kelly’s cells had completely replaced his. Matt wanted everyone to be aware of this unexpected turn. We understand the situation is complicated and confusing but this is where we are.

Matty is coming home today for the first time in close to a month.

Yay! That is so great he gets to go home. Is he doing alright? Must be doing well if they are allowing him to leave Childrens.

Yay! That is so great he gets to go home. Is he doing alright? Must be doing well if they are allowing him to leave Childrens.

 

He's doing fine but it's a bummer he can't see his friends or anyone except his family for a long time until he can sustain the chances of infections.