Update on Matt Cluff

Several readers have asked for an update on Matt Cluff, the owner of Summit Pizza who had a stroke last month. He is making slow progress. Here is the latest report from his wife, Laura. Donations and prayers are so helpful.Venmo @Laura-Cluff (https://venmo.com/Laura-Cluff) or GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-matt-cluff or Tax-Deductible Donation use Venmo @Xtra-Mile-1 (https://venmo.com/Xtra-Mile-1)

By Laura Cluff

We brought Matt’s iPad today to see if that would work better for him to communicate with us, but he was super sleepy again so he couldn’t really do anything at first. I thought for sure having something electronic would make him excited, but he just kept falling asleep.

The respiratory team tried to do the speaking valve with him today but his coughing was too strong and the valve went flying off a couple times. They said that’s pretty normal for a first try though and they might come back again tomorrow and try.

After they left the physical therapy people came in and worked with him. They got him sitting up and he looked pretty darn good! Other than the fact that he looks sooo skinny. He’s lost about 35 pounds. We got to hug him and he started crying when he hugged me. It was the saddest but sweetest thing.

The Cluffs this summer

Then after they were done we were going to leave because we thought he’d for sure be worn out but he finally actually seemed awake. So we asked him if he wanted to try to do the iPad one more time and he did. He wasn’t coordinated enough to use the keyboard but he wrote using his finger and we were able to figure out another message! He wrote, “I need your help to stay kool!” Yes, cool with a k. And earlier he had written “hot”. They had just taken his temp and he was fine but I guess he just felt hot so we got fans blowing on him and he was super happy about that. Yay for more progress! #onedayatatime