Friday 2-28

Trent is really struggling right now.
The adenovirus is strong. City of Hope said the adenovirus must be under control before they can perform the photopheresis.
Trent has nose bleeds and the doctors went into surgery and found bleeding from more places than the nose.
They packed the nose to slow the bleeding.
Trent needs your prayers and a miracle. I had to look up the spelling for miracle.
Here's the definition; an unusual or wonderful event that is believed to be caused by the power of God.
Yep, that what Trent needs.
Let's all prayer for a miracle.
I kind of think God would wait until things are hopeless. At that point, the unbelievers would believe. The hopeless would have hope and people would seek the salvation that is only available through Christ Jesus.

Wednesday 2-26

Trent is doing ok. Not great, but ok
They canceled the trip to city of hope for this week.
City of hope was going to do a treatment called photopheresis.
It's hard to say if there's any progress or not, but Trent does look much better than Saturday.
Please keep Trent in your prayers. I do believe prayer made the difference this weekend!

Post from Kristie

Today is my 55 birthday and today I sit in a hospital room with a lot of mixed emotions. My son is again very very sick. He has been through so much emotionally and physically the last 18 mos, broken heart, leukemia, chemo, a wealthy fat man, relapse, grandma going to heaven, epilepsy, Disneyland, bone marrow transplant, shingles, sever diarrhea cause by adenovirus, bacteria infection, high fever... The list goes on.  Jesus is more real to me today than ever before.  I have all the head knowledge and now I have the heart knowledge. The Lord put a special Doctor on duty for Trent today ( or I should say for me today).  She is a Christian doctor and she is here at Choc to treat and pray.  I told her that I have been praying for healing and for The Lord to save my son, but now is a transition day...as much as I want healing for my son, it is breaking my heart to see him suffer!  I don't ask the doctors if he will get better because right now Gods sovereign plan is at hand.  Jerry and I have been trusting in him for some time and have emotionally and prayerfully given Trent to The Lord.  We have had faith in Jesus all along, but Trust seems like the next step after faith. Dr T. told me that Jesus was just holding me in his arms and I felt it, she was at the right place at the right time...that's just how the Lord works you know. I told Dr T. I think of Christ and all the suffering he went through and empathized with his mother. Though she new His purpose and His plan and that he was fully God incarnate she still (like me) is human and her heart must of been breaking as mine is now.  The suffering is so different.  My heart goes out to these patient's, families, nurses, doctors, all workforce at this hospital that doesn't know Christ as there savior. As I go through Romans, why does he harden some hearts and open others.  Why me...why has The Lord given some of us a love for him and not others....I told Dr T. that my heart burdens for the lost in this hospital and as my son has another shingle pain and I cannot help him, the only thing I can do for mankind is tell them about Gods sovereign plan through his Son.  Thank you all for your prayers for Trent and our family!!!

Saturday Feb 22

Trent is struggling right now. He is at CHOC.
*He is still fighting the GVH rash.
*He has shingles and these are painful. He get the pain every couple of hours and when he moves around. He has a pain meds at the push of a button.
*He has adenovirus infection. This is a tough infection with medication that is limited. To fight this, the doctors must back of the GVH treatment.
*He has bacteria in the blood. The doctors have identified the bacteria and seem to think this is easy to fight.
*He has something in the lungs. The scans show that it's not pneumonia, but doctors are not sure what it is today.
Trent is comfortable and in good spirits. He is a fighter and he does not complain.
Please pray for Trent.

Wednesday February 19

Trent had to go back in the hospital this week.
The pain and discomfort was just too much.
He is comfortable now and has pain medication at the touch of a button.
Labs came back today and he has a adenovirus infection.
Not sure what that means, but Kristie might know. I'll talk to her later.

Monday Feb 17

Trent is going through pain from the shingles.
About once every 2 to 3 hours, he gets pain that is severe.
He does have pain meds that are just now starting to help, but the doctors have to adjust the dose a little at a time.
Trent goes to CHOC everyday to get a anti-fungal IV.
Please pray that Trent's body will have peace soon.

Tuesday Feb 11

Trent's rash has been getting better, but now he is fighting shingles.
This is very painfull, but the pain is not all day. It comes and goes.
He does have pain medication, but it's 100% effective.
School is going well.