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mmmim r v i v v ii v j sale will raise funds for prosthesis b from page 1 millennia a snapon tools chest a silver tea ser vice and golf accessories were raising money to try to offset the cost of the prosthesis explained sonja the government will pay a portion and our insurance wiu pay some but the problem is no one will commit the money until theres a final bill we dont really know where we stand matthew also hopes to get a sturdier sports foot and a soft neoprehe bootie so he can continue his karate career hes a black belt and do suchordi- nary things as riding his bike or walking on the beach one morning last spring matthew woke up feeling sick fever nausea and diarrhea grew increasingly worse through the day and by the evening he was extremely ill when he got up around 8 pm his feet were blue and he was devel oping the spots on his skin indicating septic shock he collapsed and was rushed by ambulance to markham stouffville hospital where quickthink ing staff stabilized him and airlifted him to the hospital for sick children in toronto meningococcemia is the same virulent bacteria as meningococcal meningitis except it attacks the bloodstream rather than the tissue lining of the brain the disease progresses with deadly speed patients go into shock blood pressure drops kid neys fail the heart pumps less blood extremities such as hands and feet are at risk as the body con serves blood for vital organs and the tissue begins to die it took five operations to amputate matthews foot as doctors tried to save as much of it as they could the pain he went through well you cant describe it from the onset right through the ampu tations until the day i die i will not forget the screams and the smells for what hes gone through i know he is destined for something great sonja said adding despite matthews strug gle he still made time to talk and sit with other chil dren in hospital he hated the screams of the other kids hed always go and try to help calm them down matthew is a little nervous about beginning grade 11 at brother andre but hes a little excited too i havent seen a lot of people from school for a long time matthew said i dont think there will be too many problems at school he means nasty comments hes had a few since he came home i dont know if people are just ignorant or being fools he said i try not to let it get to me its not like i asked for this to happen looking at me like that only makes me feel worse if this article helps change that id be happy he said the most frustrating part of his future will be relearning the skills most of us take for granted walking bike riding even driving will pre sent matthew with difficult challenges and sometimes he still cant believe this hap pened to him i dont think its completely hit me yet he said does it get to me yes im upset this happened but theres nothing i can do nothing anyone can do the first thing you do as a mother is count your babys fingers and toes said sonja you try to make sure they are 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