This blog is dedicated to keeping the people important in our lives updated on our son Matthew as he travels down his journey of life.
Matthew William Jones was born on the 7th of August 2008. He was born premature at 25 weeks 5 days weighing in at just 500 grams which put him into the category of extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW) which is considered the most extreme weight category (below VLBW and LBW infants).
The reason he was born so early is that his mother, my darling wife Pamela, was afflicted with the condition Pre-Eclampsia. Fortunately, she doesn’t have any of the lasting effects that lead on from that condition (liver/kidney problems, seizures, etc).
Over the first few weeks of his life, we’ve seen that Matthew is an extreme fighter and a remarkable demonstration of the will to survive. His journey so far has been inspirational and i hope that readers of this web log can be as inspired as i have been.