Dr. Lita’s Blog
Dr. Lita Mathews Health Journey Blog from April 2008-March 2015
Welcome to the Official Dr. Lita Mathews Blog! This blog offers readers details of Dr. Lita Mathews’ 7 year medical odyssey…It begins with her diagnosis with cirrhosis in April 2008, the result of a decades-old blood transfusion to Dr. Lita becoming Hep C Free! A diagnosis of cancer of the liver in February 2010 put Mathews on a waiting list numbering in the tens of thousands for a donor liver. Lita’s decision to make her story public inspired 7 people to volunteer to offer a part of their livers to help save Mathews, an American Indian with roots in Picuris Pueblo…Lita thanks everyone who offered prayers and words or encouragement. Hope that those who read the blog can help someone with Hep C or themselves…..read more below.
5/29/2010: Dr. Lita Receives Liver Transplant
5/29/2010: Dr. Lita Receives Liver TransplantMay 29, 2010 by GON Admin (This single entry by Derek Mathews)Beverly_LitaBeverly Singer & Dr. Lita MathewsYesterday, May 28, 2010 was a huge day for us. It began at 5:00 a.m. with a prayer ceremony just outside our...
5/4/2010: Dr. Lita Mathews now scheduled for a Living Donor Liver Transplant
5/4/2010: Dr. Lita Mathews now scheduled for a Living Donor Liver TransplantMay 4, 2010 by LeAndra Madalena Dr-Lita_05-10Dr. Lita Mathews at the 2010 Gathering of NationsIt was in Friday April 23, at the start of the Gathering of Nations pow wow, when Derek Mathews...
2/28/2010: Dr. Lita Travels to the Mayo Clinic
2/28/2010: Dr. Lita Travels to the Mayo ClinicFebruary 28, 2010 by LeAndra Madalena On Monday February 8th, at 8:00 a.m., Dr. Lita and her family traveled to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix Arizona for her to begin the grueling week-long medical evaluation for her to...
2/18/2010: Mayo Clinic calls the Mathews Family, Dr. Lita Mathews approved for Liver Transplant
2/18/2010: Mayo Clinic calls the Mathews Family, Dr. Lita Mathews approved for Liver TransplantFebruary 18, 2010 by LeAndra Madalena This morning the Mayo Clinic called the Mathews family with the good news that Dr. Lita Mathews has been approved for the transplant....
1/17/2010: Dr. Lita Mathews Takes On Another Medical Challenge
1/17/2010: Dr. Lita Mathews Takes On Another Medical ChallengeJanuary 17, 2010 by LeAndra Madalena As a standard procedure at the conclusion of the treatment for Hep C, internal exams are performed. On December 29th an MRI was done. The results were given to the...
12/5/2009: Dr. Lita Mathews completes treatment for Hep C, Dr. Arora
12/5/2009: Dr. Lita Mathews completes treatment for Hep C, Dr. AroraDecember 5, 2009 by LeAndra Madalena It was Tuesday December 1st, the day Dr. Lita Mathews received her last treatment for the recovery from the Hepatitis C virus. The treatment length of time was...
10/9/2009: New Mexico Hep C Alliance Conference
10/9/2009: New Mexico Hep C Alliance ConferenceOctober 9, 2009 by LeAndra Madalena Well as the time winds down on Lita’s treatment for Hepatitis C, she continues to do remarkably well. Let it be clearly understood that the treatment regiment is extreme. As matter of...
9/3/2009: 3 months remaining of Hep C treatments, powwow arena provides healing
9/3/2009: 3 months remaining of Hep C treatments, powwow arena provides healingSeptember 3, 2009 by LeAndra Madalena The long awaited fall season has arrived. With the start of September, Dr. Lita has just three months remaining in her medical treatment for the...
8/1/2009: Counting down the weeks to the end of treatments
8/1/2009: Counting down the weeks to the end of treatmentsAugust 1, 2009 by LeAndra Madalena It is now mid-summer, August 1st and Dr. Lita Mathews is counting down the weeks to the end of the treatments. The last day of the treatments will be December 1. At this point...
6-19/2009 Treatment is Working
6/19/2009: Treatment is workingJune 9, 2009 by LeAndra Madalena Since the Gathering, Dr. Lita Mathews has continued her treatment for Hepatitis C. It was believed that the stress from the Gathering had little effect on her condition. However, in a blood test taken 3...