{"id":1899,"date":"2018-08-10T21:55:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hero777.co.za\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2018-08-10T21:57:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T19:57:48","slug":"matthew-nine-months-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/08\/10\/matthew-nine-months-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew &#8211; Nine Months On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|0px|25px|0px&#8221; module_class=&#8221;blogMod&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blog Content&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;13&#8243; inline_fonts=&#8221;Lato Light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-size: 16px !important;&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>August 2018 &#8211; As we look back over the last year it is hard to explain just how significant the changes have been in all our lives.\u00a0 A year ago we were contemplating the future with such trepidation and trying desperately to remain positive and plan ways to make memories.\u00a0 We were planning a big family get together for Christmas and were hoping that we would see in the New Year as a family of four.\u00a0 Each day registered as another gift, something to be grateful for and cherished.\u00a0 Some days were much harder than others and many tears were shed behind closed doors but we made a concerted effort to live positively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1900\" style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1900\" class=\"wp-image-1900\" src=\"http:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Leaving-hospital-23-days-post-TX-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Leaving-hospital-23-days-post-TX-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Leaving-hospital-23-days-post-TX-1080x675.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew leaving hospital with the Cardiologists and Surgeons!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just months later; one telephone call, shattered the calm and the hope in our hearts exploded.\u00a0 Matthew was about to undergo a life saving heart and bi-lateral lung transplant.\u00a0 What transpired in the days to come was surreal. Now in the months since his transplant we can look back on it with immense gratitude to Matthew\u2019s donor for the gift he was given. This gift has changed his life immeasurably. It has given him the chance to continue to dream, reach milestones he desperately wants to, and make plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Forging ahead in his recovery after his heart and bilateral lung transplant in 2017, Matthew now has opportunities he never even thought of. He is able to allow his dreams of playing golf, riding his bike and taking up archery to slowly take shape again.\u00a0 He is able to finish his schooling and plan for his future endeavours and if you ask Matthew how he is he will tell you he is great and improving all the time.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#dd3939&#8243; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; pagination_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; pagination_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; gallery_ids=&#8221;1902,1901,1903,1904&#8243; custom_css_gallery_item_title=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item_caption=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin-bottom: 20px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blog Content&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;13&#8243; inline_fonts=&#8221;Lato Light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-size: 16px !important;&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Since coming home after his transplant, Matthew has been working hard with his biokinetists from Justin Bircher and Associates in Hillcrest four days a week and often sees Dawn Anderson Nunes, Physiotherapist at Holdryd and Goodenough once a week.\u00a0 \u00a0He is determined to slowly get fit, he has after all led a very sedentary life for the last 7 years and as he often says when his muscles are sore, \u201cthese muscles do not know what it means to exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1905 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180806-WA0020-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180806-WA0020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180806-WA0020-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180806-WA0020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180806-WA0020-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><br \/>\nThe team of Biokinetist had helped to keep Matthew\u2019s chest strong and in his words \u201copen\u201d prior to transplant and have been a massive motivating force since his transplant. When Matthew jogged down our passage to catch his dad recently, I became chocked up.\u00a0 Who would have dreamed that he would have progressed as quickly as he has?\u00a0\u00a0Matthew has been incredibly well in the months since his transplant. His blood results have remained good.\u00a0 We also attribute this to him being determined to do things by the book and the constant care he is taking to remain healthy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1906 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/M_Photo-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much of Matthew\u2019s physical recovery can be attributed to his dogged determination, the incredible care of the doctors, the motivation of his transplant coordinator, Cindy and his biokinetist, Justin Bircher, who first laid the seed of Matthew riding in the 35 km Amashova Classic when Matthew was still recovering in hospital.\u00a0\u00a0This determination is followed through in his daily life, his studies, his photography, and the awareness activities that we are involved in and are only set to increase. \u00a0Matthew is loving going places and taking photographs that he knows he never could before and of course we are loving the results:<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#dd3939&#8243; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; pagination_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; pagination_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; gallery_ids=&#8221;1922,1919,1920,1921&#8243; custom_css_gallery_item_title=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item_caption=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin-bottom: 20px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blog Content&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;13&#8243; inline_fonts=&#8221;Lato Light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-size: 16px !important;&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Matthew and up to 130 supporters will be riding in the 35km Amashova Classic in October 2018 to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation.\u00a0 For Matthew this will be a dream come true.\u00a0 For him this is not a race, it is simply a celebration in honour of his donor and the gift that he has been given.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last months, Matthew has been privileged to attended events to honour not only the surgeon who operated on him at birth, Prof Rob Kinsley, but more recently his transplant surgeon, Mr Kleinloog\u2019s 21 years of doing transplants.\u00a0 We are all simply in awe of these gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#dd3939&#8243; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; pagination_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; pagination_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; gallery_ids=&#8221;1925,1924,1927,1926&#8243; custom_css_gallery_item_title=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item_caption=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin-bottom: 20px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item=&#8221;margin-bottom: 0px !important;||padding-bottom: 0px !important;&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blog Content&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;13&#8243; inline_fonts=&#8221;Lato Light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.3.1&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-size: 16px !important;&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>As we continue with our awareness campaign we have been really privileged to have a team of creative\u2019s (Fireworx) decide to come onboard for the year.\u00a0 They are putting on an event on 13 October to help Hero777 create awareness about organ and tissue donation and to help Matthew reach his goal of helping others who are waiting for transplants receive their special gift.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1929 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hero777.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/HERO777_BRAVISSIMO-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"369\" \/><br \/>\nRecently, Matthew was fortunate to attend the National Transplant Games in Port Elizabeth and to feel a part of this incredible community. 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