Healing and Hope for Matthews Miracle
Goal:
USD $5,000
Raised:
USD $7,646
Campaign funds will be received by Kelly Lappa
Healing and Hope for Matthews Miracle
Cancer is a diagnosis that everyone knows, but no one likes to talk about. For those who are diagnosed with cancer, the fight can take days, weeks, months, or even years. Some come out victorious in their battle with cancer while others are not so lucky. Cancer doesn’t just impact the person who has the disease; it also impacts their family and friends. It tests your faith, your patience, and leaves you asking the question “why me?” So where does one even begin when asking other people to help a couple where one person has been fighting stage IV colon cancer that metastasized to the liver and lungs for over 2 years? Before considering giving a donation, we would like to share Matt and Kelly’s story.
Both Matt and Kelly are in professions that help others. Kelly is a medical social worker while Matt is a special education teacher and intervention specialist. Matt is the type of man who is loving, caring, and giving while Kelly is understanding and compassionate in addition to loving and giving. Both are always ready and willing to help no matter how big or small the need is! As a special education teacher, Matt has spent most of his life teaching disabled students where he strives to not only inspire but motivate both students and coworkers alike.
While so many couples meet, get married and grow old together, God had other plans in mind for Matt and Kelly. They met in the summer of 2018 on a dating site, and after 5 years of dating, in November of 2022, they were married. What was supposed to be the start of an amazing new life together quickly turned into a battle with cancer. After only being married for two short months, Matt was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to his liver and lungs. Matt’s medical treatment team was hopeful that Matt would have a positive outcome in his cancer journey and started him on an aggressive chemotherapy regimen. Matt responded well to the chemotherapy and was able to deal with the many side effects that come with this form of therapy. Matt was responding so well with the chemo that the cancer from his lungs became dead cells, and he was able to have liver restructure surgery.
Recent Donations
Praying for you both through this difficult time!
You're in our thoughts and prayers 🙏🌈🙏🌈. Len and Bonnie
Thinking of you both and praying
Prayers and love ❤️
keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
My heart goes out to Kelly and Matt and your entire family!
Thinking of you and your family during this difficult time. Sending prayers your way..
Thinking of you!
Sending love and prayers!
As a long ago friend of the Lappa family, I have many fond memories of our adventures together and send prayers of comfort and healing to the family.
Kelly & Matt - Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Sending prayers for peace and comfort- may your days together be full of love.
Updates
Blessed beyond measure! Thanks and update to our friends and family
March 20th, 2025
This journey that we embarked on 2 years ago led us into uncharted territory. Working in the healthcare field I have worked with patients and families throughout the many stages of life from birth to death and everything in between. All my years in healthcare never really prepared me for this season of my life, but then again is anyone every really prepared. Matt has been at CCF Main Campus for a week and a half where he was successfully started on tube feeds and is tolerating them well. His c-diff has resolved but is very week and unsteady so he will need to be transferring to Euclid Skilled Nursing Unit once medically cleared for some much-needed rehabilitation. He has hospital encephalopathy, so the need to move him to the next level of care is paramount. The hope is to get Matt nutritionally stable and strong enough to be able to go on immunotherapy to help prolong his life. We know that time is precious, and that tomorrow is never promised. I just pray that God will bless us with as much time with Matt as we are able to get so that we can make as many memories as we can before God calls him home.
The outpouring love and support we have received since starting the funding page has been overwhelming and is a constant reminder of just how much my husband means to so many people! To know that in this moment, I am financially able to meet his medical needs while being able to take care of our other expenses has given us such a piece of mind and from the bottom of our hearts, we are eternally grateful! After talking to our families, Matt and I have decided to leave the fund open. If this journey has taught us anything, it's to expect the unexpected, and this is a skill that we have mastered very well in this family! We also know that Matt will need continued medical supplies (chuck pads, wipes, gloves, etc.) in addition to paying for his medications (the medication list keeps growing), and so any additional support we receive, the funds will go towards all of Matt’s medical needs. We cannot thank you all again for all the love and support you have given to Matt. We are so blessed and thank God for each and every one of you!
Peace and much love,
Matt and Kelly Lappa, and the Kessel-Lappa families!
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