July 31,2008 Matthew Comes Home

Matthew was released from the hospital today and is feeling better. Matthew came home in time to celebrate Aunt Vanessa's Birthday. He was very happy to eat lots of food and cupcakes in order to help celebrate. Matthew is very glad to be home and plans to spent the next few days lounging around and spending time with Aunt Gidget and the family.

July 29, 2008 Still in the Hospital

Matthew remains in the hospital and may need to stay a few more days. He is making progress with his breathing, but remains on constant oxygen. We are truly grateful for every one's love and prayers!

July 25, 2007 (Back in the Hospital)

Unfortunately Matthew's visit to Children's on Thursday resulted in him being admitted. Matthew was diagnosed with Pneumonia and is currently undergoing treatment. He is scheduled to remain in the hospital until at least Sunday depending on his progress. Matthew was very excited to receive a special delivery from Daryl Green, a signed football wishing Matthew a speedy recovery. A while later Matthew received a personal phone call from Daryl Green himself!!!!! Matthew is planning to watch Daryl be inducted into the Hall of Fame and hopes to meet him some day soon.

Matthew would like to extend his gratitude to Mr. Daryl Green for taking the time out of his busy Hall of Fame weekend to show such Love and Support toward his Fight.

Tom Costis (Dad) will always be grateful to you for making Matthew feel like the truly special star he is.

Thank you for making Tom's Day Too.

July 23, 2008 (Latest News)

After recovering from a week at Williamsburg, Matthew will visit Children's Hospital tomorrow. He is actually looking forward to visiting his medical team and consult his doctor about his weight and breathing. Matthew has gained a great deal of weight and is having a little trouble with heavy breathing. We are hoping that doctors can provide a solution. Matthew is looking forward toward a busy weekend thanks to Cathy Davis, we are truly hoping that all news is good tomorrow and that he will be able to enjoy all that has been prepared for him.

I would like to extend my deepest apologies to Nadine Simpson for getting her name incorrect on the blog. Nadine is responsible for getting Matthew his Redskins package, including Box seat game tickets, a plaque for autographs, field passes, an authentically certified Helmet signed by Santana Moss and a Wheaties Box from a former Superbowl. We are truly grateful for your love and support and wanted to be sure to correct the error.

July 15, 2008 Giving Back

Matthew is recovering from a very eventful week. Matthew spent Saturday at the Lake Jackson Fire House. He was so very happy with everyone being there to show their love and support. Matthew was also very surprised when he was presented with Box Seat Tickets to a Redskins game coming up in August. Matthew will be receiving the star treatment, as he has received field passes, and a plaque in which the Redskins will autograph on game day, and a miniature helmet autographed by Santana Moss with a certificate of Authenticity. We would like to Thank Jenine for her generosity in giving Matthew this special gift. We would also like to Thank Cathy and Walter Davis for the Santana Moss Jersey that Matthew will be wearing on game day.
As Priscilla mentioned the day of the benefit, we are truly grateful to everyone involved in making this event a tremendous success and for showing your love and support for Matthew. We are truly blessed and know that the Lord's Angel surround us.

Matthew spent Sunday at Church and spent the day recovering from Saturday.

Matthew Spent Monday (yesterday) at the Leesburg Circuit Court in order to support Will Hall a member of our Quest Church family. Will had committed some crimes before finding the Lord and was facing serious punishment. Matthew and the entire family have been blessed to witness god's grace and how the Lord can transform a person by watching Will. He has loved and supported Matthew by attending his fundraisers, organizing a collection of funds for Matthew at work and by leading the road crew at church in order to make services possible. To Show his love for Will Matthew decided to write a letter to the Judge asking for Mercy. Matthew took the time to write the letter on his own and asked his dad for help with proofing it. We were very proud of Matthew for taking this opportunity to give back. We would like to believe that Matthew's letter had an effect on the Judge, because Will was shown Mercy. We Thank God for Answering Our Prayers. Matthew was very happy to go and support Will.

June 11, 2008

Matthew spent the day with mommy and daddy. He spent the afternoon lounging and resting up for his big day tomorrow. Please join Matthew at the Lake Jackson Fire House to help support the enormous efforts put forth by all the Volunteers who have given of their time and hearts to help in Matthew's fight. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Cathy and Chief Davis for organizing this wonderful event. We could never truly express how truly grateful we are for your love and support.

July 10,2008

Matthew spent the day at Children's Hospital today. Doctors are very pleased with his weight gain and progress. Doctors say that Matthew's breathing is OK, his breaths are simply shorter and more consecutive; but Oxygen intake levels are sufficient. Overall we are very happy with today's news. Matthew is looking forward to The fundraiser being held on Saturday at Lake Jackson Volunteer Fire Department from 3-7. He hopes to see everyone there!!!

July 8, 2008

Matthew spent the day with grandma, visiting Wal-Mart and his favorite place to eat Country Cookin. As usual Matthew ate all in sight! Matthew continues having trouble with shortness of breath but is working through it by slowing himself down a little. He is being forced to rest more throughout the day in order to keep from over exalting himself. Matthew spent the evening watching movies and hanging with family.

July 7, 2008

Matthew continued having a little shortness of breath this morning but returned to feeling well and insisted on keeping his original itinerary of visiting Chuck-e-cheese as planned. Matthew spent the day playing games at Chuck-e-cheese. After playing carnival games on his Wii, he felt he was ready to toss the ball in real life. Matthew struggled to throw the ball as his arms remain very shaky and unstable; however, Matthew continued to try and refused to go down without a fight.

June 6, 2008

Matthew spent the morning at Church enjoying the powerful message, music and of course his bagel. Matthew returned home and spent the entire afternoon lounging and hanging out with daddy and uncle Mark. Matthew began to feel a little shortness of breath toward the ladder part of the evening but seemed to feel well before bed.

June 5, 2008

Matthew spent the morning eating everything in sight and planned an eventful afternoon to the movies. Matthew enjoyed the movie and drinking Pepsi. After dinning at Casa Chimayo he returned home to watch more movies and eat CORN DOGS. Matthew is doing well keeping up his food intake to continue gaining weight. Matthew looks forward to attending church tomorrow and singing worship songs.

June 4 Happy 4th of July

Matthew spent the day trying to avoid the rain. Great Meadows didn't turn out so GREAT, the rain was to much to bear and we returned home to enjoy fireworks on TV. Matthew was very excited when he weighed in at 63 Pounds, he has almost reached the weight prior to him becoming ill, YEAH MATTHEW !!

July 3, 2008

Matthew spent the morning hanging out with grandma eating CORN DOGS for breakfast. He enjoyed the breeze of the morning while sitting on the patio. Matthew spent the afternoon at Fairfax Corner where he watched Hancock. He ate everything in sight and unfortunately vomited, due to over eating! Matthew enjoyed the movie and immediately made plans to visit the carousel upon returning to Warrenton. Matthew ate a Small chocolate dipped cone, YUM YUM!
Matthew is looking forward to celebrating the fourth of July with the family. Thanks to our Angel John, we will be enjoying A taste of the 4Th, an all out BBQ dinner all the way from Dallas Texas Smokey Bryan's. Thanks for always thinking of us, we love you!
The Costis family and Crew!!!

July 2, 2008

Matthew enjoyed a day with his Best Friend Matthew and his cousin Christopher. A visit to the carousel for a Medium Cone really hit the spot. After hanging out for a couple hours Matthew took time to rest and spent the afternoon sitting on the porch enjoying the weather. He walk on the treadmill for 10 minutes and pushed very hard to strengthen his legs. Matthew is feeling great and eating all that he can. He is enjoying these summer days and visiting with friends and family.

July 1, 2008

Matthew spent the day at Shenandoah National Park with the family, he enjoyed a picnic with all his favorite foods and lounged on his portable hammock. Daddy carried him to the top of the rock where he was able to overlook the mountain. Matthew really enjoyed this trip to the mountain as he was able to go without the wheelchair. He is getting around a lot better lately and is working very hard to build his mobility. The WII bowling, golf, and baseball has really been helping with that. We are so grateful to god everyday for Matthew's progress and are truly greatly for the continued prayers, love and support!