Matthew is getting better. He received a diagnosis of HHV6. He is getting better and his liver will slowly return back to normal size. It presented in an atypical way, so and the initial test for it was negative, but indicated he had it in the past. Thank you for your prayers. The Hedtke’s are thrilled and thanking God for this miracle. I’m going to tell Ethan that Matthew is feeling better. He will be happy!
Matthew
by nathan
About a month ago, Ethan’s friend, Matthew (he’s in the middle in the picture), started to not feel very well. His mom noticed that he was looking a little yellow. After 3 weeks of every other day trips to the doctor for blood work and measuring his liver, they pretty much exhausted every possible test they could do to determine what the problem was. Matthew’s liver has been getting larger this entire time and some other enzyme (I think) levels have been much higher than they should be. Last Friday, he had a biopsy done and they are hoping to hear the results this week.
This is a very big deal. Please pray for Matthew. Pray that God would heal him. Pray that the biopsy results would either reveal that he’s getting better on his own already or give them a definitive diagnosis that is treatable.
Prayer Request
by nathanPlease keep John Stumbo and his family in your prayers. John is the Sr. Pastor at Salem Alliance Church in Oregon. His children and neices and nephews have recently attended Crown so I am familiar with some of his family.
Earlier this month, his muscle enzyme levels started rising causing muscle pain and weakness. Steps were taken to remedy the situation. After seeing improvement for a few days, he started to get worse again. He now has a serious blood infection and his body isn’t absorbing all the fluids that they are giving him. I read in one update on their church website that he has gained 50 lbs of fluid in the past week. As of the last update, his kidney function was a concern. Here’s a link to their church update page if you are interested in reading more details.
Please lift him and his family up in your prayers.
UPDATE (4:21pm- Monday)The latest post on the Salem Alliance site sounds very good. John is making great strides. Thanks for your prayers.
