Comments on: The Liz Logelin Foundation http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/ life and death. all in a 27-hour period. what you read here is what follows. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara - kuwait http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-120575 Sara - kuwait Sun, 03 May 2009 17:22:18 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-120575 you are the greatest dad in the world ... you'r daughter is sooooooooo cuteeeeeee :) you are the greatest dad in the world …

you’r daughter is sooooooooo cuteeeeeee :)

]]> By: Johnreyor@aol.com http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-118048 Johnreyor@aol.com Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:30:57 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-118048 forgot email twice lol forgot email twice lol

]]> By: John Reyor http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-118047 John Reyor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:29:12 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-118047 for got my email for got my email

]]> By: Barb Boyle http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-115461 Barb Boyle Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:13:22 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-115461 Hi Matt and Madeline, I saw the Oprah Show today on T.V. What a touching story. I lost my mother when I was 9 yrs old, I'am one of 11 children now 51yrs old. My Mother went to the hospital to have the 11th child and went into a coma and died the next day. The 11th child, my sister is now 42 yrs old and all 11 of us are living good lives. My Father passed away on Father's Day in 2005 after having a stroke. We were all with him surrounding in pray of thanks for a great life he gave us. God could'nt have picked a more appropriate day for him to join my Mother in Heaven. Always keep Faith Hope and Love. I will always keep you and Madeline in my Prayers. God Bless you both. Barb Hi Matt and Madeline,

I saw the Oprah Show today on T.V. What a touching
story. I lost my mother when I was 9 yrs old, I’am one of
11 children now 51yrs old. My Mother went to the hospital
to have the 11th child and went into a coma and died the
next day. The 11th child, my sister is now 42 yrs old and
all 11 of us are living good lives. My Father passed away
on Father’s Day in 2005 after having a stroke. We were all
with him surrounding in pray of thanks for a great life he
gave us. God could’nt have picked a more appropriate day
for him to join my Mother in Heaven.
Always keep Faith Hope and Love.
I will always keep you and Madeline in my Prayers.
God Bless you both.
Barb

]]> By: John Reyor http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-88298 John Reyor Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:25:16 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-88298 Hi Matt you hang in there, and I know you will do a good job, you seem to be all heart, I know a little of how you feel, in 1998 My wife Dayna was having are fourth Baby her Name is Jessica, we had 4 children at that point a 7 yr old little girl Kelly A 10 yr old boy Jason and a 14 yr old girl Jennifer, and course are new born baby Jessica, Dayna and I met in high school in 1976 we were together until 1998, Dayna had some problems through out with her pregnancy, seemed like little Jessica wanted to come out sooner than she was to, Dayna would keep going in to labor seemed like every day and night we were at the emergency room, the doctor finally said that he would induce labor at 8 months if Jessica's lungs were mature enough,so they did the test and the day came for her to deliver Jessica, it was a long night but around 845 in the morning Dayna delivered are beautiful little girl Jessica , since she was born early they wanted to keep her for a few days because she was jaundice and they would keep theses special lights on her until she was ready to go home, after a few days mom and daughter was ready to come home, we left the hospital with Jessica as we were walking out my wife turned to me and said all the pain that we have gone through in the 8 months was worth it, as she looked down at are little new born, she was a few days old at that point, we went home Matt and everything seem to be going so good that day. it was the first day my wife and Jessica was home together, that night I fell a sleep in the living room I was a bit tired from the past few days but my wife was a die hard she was up with Jessica that night, Dayna seem to get a headache and tried to take some thing for it, but buy morning she still had it, I had no idea she was up all night with it, she woke me in the morning in the chair and told me what she was going through that night and that she still had the headache, and ask me to drive her to the emergency room so they could give her something for the headache, so we packed up little Jessica and the other three children and when we got to the ER she told me to take the baby home and feed her because it was her feeding time, and to feed the other kids breakfast, and that she would call me when she was finished at the ER , well I did as she told me matt and I never got that phone call back from her , so I called the hospital and explained what happen and they asked my name , they told me if I could please come down that they needed to talk to me, I asked what was wrong and they told me that I would have to speak with the doctor when I got there, well I called one of my family members to come over to watch the children while I went to see what was going on, when I got to the hospital they took me in a room and told me that my wife was in a comma and that her headache was from a anarisam on her brain and that she has lost all feeling in one side of her then she went in to the comma, cant even tell you what was going through my mind at that point all I wanted to do was to see my wife, they took me to her and the doctors said that it was very series, to look at my wife she was so healthy and to see her lay there still like she was pregnant with Jessica and wasn't able to say anything or open her eyes on life support was horrifying, I was broken hearted and didn't have any idea what to do, I felt totally helpless to helping her out, they had a pressure rod in her head that measured how much presser there was, they wanted it to get down to a lower number, but it just kept building up, so the doctors wanted to operate on her brain and remove the blood from the anarisam that bleeded out , when the doctor came out of surgery, he said every thing went great they got all the blood out, and they wanted to monitor her preserver in her head, but it turned out that the presser really didn't go down but the machine that measured it wasn't working right, I believe it was a battery that needed replacing, so they got a anther machine and found that the presser never went down and that the brain was still bleeding for the next day or so she spiked a fever over a hundred and 6 and at that point there was no brain activity at all, so the surgeon got me and the rest of the family together and explained that she was brain dead and would never come out of the comma and the only thing that kept her heart pumping and breathing was the machine, I was sitting there in disbelief the doctor said if it was one of his loved one that he wouldn't let them stay hooked up to the machine because there was no hope of her ever waking up or getting any brain activity,so we decided to shut the machine down, I guess you always have it in the back of your mind that things will be all right and when they shut the machine down she will keep breathing on her own, but that isn't how it went when they shut the machine down I ask to be alone with my wife and I layed on her and told her how much I loved her, and that I wouldn't let anything happen to the children and that I would take care them, it was at that point when I was done talking that her heart stopped beating, you have to understand something all the time I was marred with my wife she was the main support in are family because I had anxiety and panic where I could hardly ever even step out of the house never mind go to the store, I made up my mind that I was going to fight to keep are family together no matter what it took, Jessica was about two weeks old at this point, and the others children 7 10 14 well and her I was lost what to do, but something takes over in side you and you stick together as a family, when I had to go to the store or go for a doctors appointment for the baby for shots we all went together as a family and supported each other, and we did this for everything Jessica was colic and had her hours mixed up so it was a bit tough there but she grew out of it and everything started to look a lot better my town of Newington in ct I could never thank the social serves department there enough for all the help and moral support they gave us, I still at that point had my panic and anxiety but I kept one foot in front of the other and we all did are own parts the kids went to school I took care Jessica and then a year went buy and then another and another, at that point I met this woman on the Internet that I talked with for all most a year she was from Scotland Dundee well we decided that she was going to come down over seas for a visit because we talked so much, and are relation ship grew until we decided we would marry, I ended up going to a councilor and they put me on medication for anxiety and panic attaches, and with that I could do just about any thing I wanted I could go in to stores, alone I could go shopping alone if I wanted to, the thing is I needed something to fight for to get better and that was my children, anyone when any disorders you have to know if I could get through all that , where I was at the begging not even able to go out of the house with out my wife or kids, to where I could do anything I wanted to, so don't ever ever give up on any mental health problems you may have out there because there is always hope out there you just need something to fight for to get better, to date My oldest girl Jennifer 25 is in medical assistance school, my 21 yr old son Jason is in his second yr of collage for graphic design, and my 18yrold girl Kelly is in her last yr of hair dressing school,and Jessica 10 now is in 5th grade not bad for a guy that couldn't even go out of the house for something at the store, I owe it all to a mental health system, I cant emphasizes how importion it is not to give up and to get help and medication out there, if the medication doesn't work at first then keep working with your doctor and try something different until you find what works for you, the first time I went on medication it didn't work the first time, it took a few times until we got it right, but trust me don't give up you just keep working with your doctor, again up to day I am sorry to say that my wife that I marred has walked out on me and the kids two weeks before Christmas this year , my now 10 yr old Jessica was so heart broken and cryed her heart out I had to cry for her to I have never seen anyone so hurt as she was last month, you have to understand this was the only mother she new, because she was just a week or so old when her biological mother died, but we have gone through lots before and we as a family will get through this too one way or the other, I just want to say that I have the most wonderful children any parent would be proud of and I wish my wife could have seen how they have turned out, but some how I think she does and I wasn't there a lone bringing them up Hi Matt you hang in there, and I know you will do a good job, you seem to be all heart, I know a little of how you feel, in 1998 My wife Dayna was having are fourth Baby her Name is Jessica, we had 4 children at that point a 7 yr old little girl Kelly A 10 yr old boy Jason and a 14 yr old girl Jennifer, and course are new born baby Jessica, Dayna and I met in high school in 1976 we were together until 1998, Dayna had some problems through out with her pregnancy, seemed like little Jessica wanted to come out sooner than she was to, Dayna would keep going in to labor seemed like every day and night we were at the emergency room, the doctor finally said that he would induce labor at 8 months if Jessica’s lungs were mature enough,so they did the test and the day came for her to deliver Jessica, it was a long night but around 845 in the morning Dayna delivered are beautiful little girl Jessica , since she was born early they wanted to keep her for a few days because she was jaundice and they would keep theses special lights on her until she was ready to go home, after a few days mom and daughter was ready to come home, we left the hospital with Jessica as we were walking out my wife turned to me and said all the pain that we have gone through in the 8 months was worth it, as she looked down at are little new born, she was a few days old at that point, we went home Matt and everything seem to be going so good that day. it was the first day my wife and Jessica was home together, that night I fell a sleep in the living room I was a bit tired from the past few days but my wife was a die hard she was up with Jessica that night, Dayna seem to get a headache and tried to take some thing for it, but buy morning she still had it, I had no idea she was up all night with it, she woke me in the morning in the chair and told me what she was going through that night and that she still had the headache, and ask me to drive her to the emergency room so they could give her something for the headache, so we packed up little Jessica and the other three children and when we got to the ER she told me to take the baby home and feed her because it was her feeding time, and to feed the other kids breakfast, and that she would call me when she was finished at the ER , well I did as she told me matt and I never got that phone call back from her , so I called the hospital and explained what happen and they asked my name , they told me if I could please come down that they needed to talk to me, I asked what was wrong and they told me that I would have to speak with the doctor when I got there, well I called one of my family members to come over to watch the children while I went to see what was going on, when I got to the hospital they took me in a room and told me that my wife was in a comma and that her headache was from a anarisam on her brain and that she has lost all feeling in one side of her then she went in to the comma, cant even tell you what was going through my mind at that point all I wanted to do was to see my wife, they took me to her and the doctors said that it was very series, to look at my wife she was so healthy and to see her lay there still like she was pregnant with Jessica and wasn’t able to say anything or open her eyes on life support was horrifying, I was broken hearted and didn’t have any idea what to do, I felt totally helpless to helping her out, they had a pressure rod in her head that measured how much presser there was, they wanted it to get down to a lower number, but it just kept building up, so the doctors wanted to operate on her brain and remove the blood from the anarisam that bleeded out , when the doctor came out of surgery, he said every thing went great they got all the blood out, and they wanted to monitor her preserver in her head, but it turned out that the presser really didn’t go down but the machine that measured it wasn’t working right, I believe it was a battery that needed replacing, so they got a anther machine and found that the presser never went down and that the brain was still bleeding for the next day or so she spiked a fever over a hundred and 6 and at that point there was no brain activity at all, so the surgeon got me and the rest of the family together and explained that she was brain dead and would never come out of the comma and the only thing that kept her heart pumping and breathing was the machine, I was sitting there in disbelief the doctor said if it was one of his loved one that he wouldn’t let them stay hooked up to the machine because there was no hope of her ever waking up or getting any brain activity,so we decided to shut the machine down, I guess you always have it in the back of your mind that things will be all right and when they shut the machine down she will keep breathing on her own, but that isn’t how it went when they shut the machine down I ask to be alone with my wife and I layed on her and told her how much I loved her, and that I wouldn’t let anything happen to the children and that I would take care them, it was at that point when I was done talking that her heart stopped beating, you have to understand something all the time I was marred with my wife she was the main support in are family because I had anxiety and panic where I could hardly ever even step out of the house never mind go to the store, I made up my mind that I was going to fight to keep are family together no matter what it took, Jessica was about two weeks old at this point, and the others children 7 10 14 well and her I was lost what to do, but something takes over in side you and you stick together as a family, when I had to go to the store or go for a doctors appointment for the baby for shots we all went together as a family and supported each other, and we did this for everything Jessica was colic and had her hours mixed up so it was a bit tough there but she grew out of it and everything started to look a lot better my town of Newington in ct I could never thank the social serves department there enough for all the help and moral support they gave us, I still at that point had my panic and anxiety but I kept one foot in front of the other and we all did are own parts the kids went to school I took care Jessica and then a year went buy and then another and another, at that point I met this woman on the Internet that I talked with for all most a year she was from Scotland Dundee well we decided that she was going to come down over seas for a visit because we talked so much, and are relation ship grew until we decided we would marry, I ended up going to a councilor and they put me on medication for anxiety and panic attaches, and with that I could do just about any thing I wanted I could go in to stores, alone I could go shopping alone if I wanted to, the thing is I needed something to fight for to get better and that was my children, anyone when any disorders you have to know if I could get through all that , where I was at the begging not even able to go out of the house with out my wife or kids, to where I could do anything I wanted to, so don’t ever ever give up on any mental health problems you may have out there because there is always hope out there you just need something to fight for to get better, to date My oldest girl Jennifer 25 is in medical assistance school, my 21 yr old son Jason is in his second yr of collage for graphic design, and my 18yrold girl Kelly is in her last yr of hair dressing school,and Jessica 10 now is in 5th grade not bad for a guy that couldn’t even go out of the house for something at the store, I owe it all to a mental health system, I cant emphasizes how importion it is not to give up and to get help and medication out there, if the medication doesn’t work at first then keep working with your doctor and try something different until you find what works for you, the first time I went on medication it didn’t work the first time, it took a few times until we got it right, but trust me don’t give up you just keep working with your doctor, again up to day I am sorry to say that my wife that I marred has walked out on me and the kids two weeks before Christmas this year , my now 10 yr old Jessica was so heart broken and cryed her heart out I had to cry for her to I have never seen anyone so hurt as she was last month, you have to understand this was the only mother she new, because she was just a week or so old when her biological mother died, but we have gone through lots before and we as a family will get through this too one way or the other, I just want to say that I have the most wonderful children any parent would be proud of and I wish my wife could have seen how they have turned out, but some how I think she does and I wasn’t there a lone bringing them up

]]> By: Ally in MN http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-87407 Ally in MN Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:39:03 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-87407 I came across your blog by fortune. After the loss of my child I thought I would never get through "one" more day without her. However, by sharing my thoughts and own personal story with others it allowed me the chance to speak her name "just one one time", keeping her fresh in my thoughts. Not allowing her to be forgotten...... I so can relate. I truly am touched by the journey that you've allowed so many of (us) to peek into. Instead of saying "Godbless" , I say "May The Force Be With You and Madeline"......Always. :) I came across your blog by fortune. After the loss of my child I thought I would never get through “one” more day without her. However, by sharing my thoughts and own personal story with others it allowed me the chance to speak her name “just one one time”, keeping her fresh in my thoughts. Not allowing her to be forgotten…… I so can relate. I truly am touched by the journey that you’ve allowed so many of (us) to peek into. Instead of saying “Godbless” , I say “May The Force Be With You and Madeline”……Always. :)

]]> By: Loretta Cardinal http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-86994 Loretta Cardinal Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:30:17 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-86994 I am so sorry about your lost, its must be hard to lose a love one. But in the long run you do have a healthy beaitful baby girl, who will always know her mother in her heart if not physically. Its a shame the doctor coulnt see this comeing, because something that people dont think about everyday, can kill them the next. We all have to think about it, because it can happen to us, we could go that quickly in life. But keep up the good work in rasing your daughter, she will love you for it one day. But always make sure she knows she had a loveing mother who would loved to have been here today to see her baby grow up. Even though she's not here physically, she is always here in your heart and memories that you made. So make some good ones for your daughter. I am so sorry about your lost, its must be hard to lose a love one. But in the long run you do have a healthy beaitful baby girl, who will always know her mother in her heart if not physically.
Its a shame the doctor coulnt see this comeing, because something that people dont think about everyday, can kill them the next. We all have to think about it, because it can happen to us, we could go that quickly in life.
But keep up the good work in rasing your daughter, she will love you for it one day. But always make sure she knows she had a loveing mother who would loved to have been here today to see her baby grow up.
Even though she’s not here physically, she is always here in your heart and memories that you made. So make some good ones for your daughter.

]]> By: L'aubergiste http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-86947 L'aubergiste Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-86947 This is such a great idea. I haven't read People magazine but just wanted to let you know that I come to visit you almost every day and your story have travelled all around the world, as I am in Montreal , Canada. Even french people care about you and Madeline. We then practice our every day english. All the best for you, Karina This is such a great idea. I haven’t read People magazine but just wanted to let you know that I come to visit you almost every day and your story have travelled all around the world, as I am in Montreal , Canada. Even french people care about you and Madeline. We then practice our every day english.

All the best for you,

Karina

]]> By: Jennifer DeVol-Edwards http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-85826 Jennifer DeVol-Edwards Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:35:24 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-85826 I just read your touching story in People Magazine. What a wonderful thing you are doing for your daughter and your late wife. I wish you all the best in your life, and treasure everything your daughter does and says because they grow up way to fast. I will be thinking of you and your journey with daughter often. Jennifer in Arizona. I just read your touching story in People Magazine. What a wonderful thing you are doing for your daughter and your late wife. I wish you all the best in your life, and treasure everything your daughter does and says because they grow up way to fast. I will be thinking of you and your journey with daughter often. Jennifer in Arizona.

]]> By: M in Greece http://www.mattlogelin.com/archives/2009/01/15/the-liz-logelin-foundation/comment-page-5/#comment-85685 M in Greece Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:20:57 +0000 http://www.mattlogelin.com/?p=1667#comment-85685 I just wanted to let you know that I searched high and low all the way over in Athens, Greece just to find a copy of People.. I found it and was once again touched, as I am every time I read an entry in your blog.. Keep on keepin' on, you're doing great! I just wanted to let you know that I searched high and low all the way over in Athens, Greece just to find a copy of People.. I found it and was once again touched, as I am every time I read an entry in your blog.. Keep on keepin’ on, you’re doing great!

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