It is with a heavy heart that I type this. I know many of you have been following Matt's posts about his health and his wedding.
At around half 6 yesterday evening, we had a message from his wife that he'd taken a drastic and sudden turn for the worse. The doctors had said he had literally hours to live. Becky and I flew over to the hospital and stayed there until almost 1am. A lot of Matt's family gathered over the evening. He was himself up until I left. I left telling him I expected a full report in the morning on how shit the breakfast was.
On Saturday, he had asked Kevin, Silver Dream Machine to be his wedding photographer. I rang Kevin before setting off to the hospital as he and Matt were also close friends. Kev had said he'd not long finished compiling the pictures and videos onto a DVD.
At the hospital, I had the idea that if indeed this was Matt's last night that maybe seeing his pictures etc would in some way give him a kick, a glimmer of something to hang on for. I called Kev who came to the hospital complete with all the pictures etc and a device for Matt to watch/see them on.
Matt had had used up his physical strength to achieve his goal of getting married. He did that with immense pride. Never have a I met a man that had the strength, determination and will that Matt had to achieve his goal.
In the early hours, 01:45 to be precise, Matt's body could no longer keep up with his will and determination.
As his Best Man just four days ago, it's unreal that I'm writing this today.
Rest In Peace Matthew.
You absolutely will never be forgotten.
Give our regards to Dave, Les and Chris.
Sleep well mate,
Kully, Becky and Karishma x
P.S. I WILL make sure everyone knows you drove a Cougar 2
At around half 6 yesterday evening, we had a message from his wife that he'd taken a drastic and sudden turn for the worse. The doctors had said he had literally hours to live. Becky and I flew over to the hospital and stayed there until almost 1am. A lot of Matt's family gathered over the evening. He was himself up until I left. I left telling him I expected a full report in the morning on how shit the breakfast was.
On Saturday, he had asked Kevin, Silver Dream Machine to be his wedding photographer. I rang Kevin before setting off to the hospital as he and Matt were also close friends. Kev had said he'd not long finished compiling the pictures and videos onto a DVD.
At the hospital, I had the idea that if indeed this was Matt's last night that maybe seeing his pictures etc would in some way give him a kick, a glimmer of something to hang on for. I called Kev who came to the hospital complete with all the pictures etc and a device for Matt to watch/see them on.
Matt had had used up his physical strength to achieve his goal of getting married. He did that with immense pride. Never have a I met a man that had the strength, determination and will that Matt had to achieve his goal.
In the early hours, 01:45 to be precise, Matt's body could no longer keep up with his will and determination.
As his Best Man just four days ago, it's unreal that I'm writing this today.
Rest In Peace Matthew.
You absolutely will never be forgotten.
Give our regards to Dave, Les and Chris.
Sleep well mate,
Kully, Becky and Karishma x
P.S. I WILL make sure everyone knows you drove a Cougar 2