Mattie Miracle Walk 2023 was a $131,249 success!

Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation Promotional Video

Thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive!

Dear Mattie Blog Readers,

It means a great deal to us that you take the time to write to us and to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on Mattie's battle and death. Your messages are very meaningful to us and help support us through very challenging times. To you we are forever grateful. As my readers know, I promised to write the blog for a year after Mattie's death, which would mean that I could technically stop writing on September 9, 2010. However, at the moment, I feel like our journey with grief still needs to be processed and fortunately I have a willing support network still committed to reading. Therefore, the blog continues on. If I should find the need to stop writing, I assure you I will give you advanced notice. In the mean time, thank you for reading, thank you for having the courage to share this journey with us, and most importantly thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive.


As Mattie would say, Ooga Booga (meaning, I LOVE YOU)! Vicki and Peter



The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation celebrates its 7th anniversary!

The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation was created in the honor of Mattie.

We are a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. We are dedicated to increasing childhood cancer awareness, education, advocacy, research and psychosocial support services to children, their families and medical personnel. Children and their families will be supported throughout the cancer treatment journey, to ensure access to quality psychosocial and mental health care, and to enable children to cope with cancer so they can lead happy and productive lives. Please visit the website at: www.mattiemiracle.com and take some time to explore the site.

We have only gotten this far because of people like yourself, who have supported us through thick and thin. So thank you for your continued support and caring, and remember:

.... Let's Make the Miracle Happen and Stomp Out Childhood Cancer!

A Remembrance Video of Mattie

November 18, 2015

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2008. Mattie was in his hospital room recovery from his ten hour long surgery. Mattie was remarkable because he literally was bandaged on every limb, was dealing with pain pumps, all sorts of IVs, a catheter, and was relegated to his bed. It was after that surgery that Mattie never walked again. I think it was a blessing that we did not know this was going to be the outcome before enduring the surgery and the recovery. 


Quote of the day: You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~  Robert Louis Stevenson

An update on Vicki: her surgery went very well today and she is at home tonight resting in bed having completed a full day of needle placements, anesthesia, surgery, recovery and moving around Georgetown Hospital.  The surgery went as planned and everything worked like a well oiled machine. 

I want to thank everyone who supported us leading up today and especially today! All the texts, the emails and calls went far to help Vicki and I feel thought of and cared for.  I also want to especially thank three wonderful people who helped us on-site today:  

First, to Ann Henshaw, thanks for stopping by many times, checking in and offering your support.  Second, to Debbi Laviolette and her "Throwing her badge around" support for us. Thanks for being involved, showing up and helping at every turn including volunteering to stand in as a monitoring nurse and assist the Radiologist with the needle placement.  

And third, and an extra special thanks, to Linda Kim.  Linda, once again you were our angel on the ground. You are truly a remarkable person, and I thank you for all that you did today, from moving the car, to sneaking into Post-Op to sitting with me and distracting me while Vicki was under the knife, just to name a few of the things you did for us today.  I agree with Vicki and if I ever get sick, I am going to Georgetown if only because I know Linda Kim will be on the job! Thank you Linda!

We have a follow-up appointment on Thursday with Dr. Tousimis to check on the incision and to get general follow-up instructions.  Meanwhile, Vicki handled the Versed and Propofol like a champ, and was eating crackers and drinking ginger ale within 20 minutes in recovery.  She is now in bed having eaten a lot and drinking a lot, all of which are very good signs that she is doing well.

Thanks again to everyone for your love and support today. You have no idea how important and how meaningful it is to know we have such wonderful people watching out for us and thinking of us!



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