2 Corinthians 12:9

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9

Monday, May 19, 2014

Surgery Date & Team Trent Pic Post

We now have a firm date for Trent's Fontan operation. It will be on Tuesday, June 10th. We appreciate your prayers and thoughts up to and through this time.

We apologize for the delay in getting this picture post uploaded...We wanted to show all the supporters of Team Trent. Enjoy!!!

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Heart Cath Follow Up

As you all know, Trent went in yesterday for a heart catheterization.

We arrived at Levine at 5:30am...bright eyed and bushy tailed!! That is Trent's normal morning state. He is a morning person, like his daddy. We had several talks with him ahead of time, and he knew....well, as much as a three year old can know, about what was going to happen. And he was okay with it. After the nurses checked us in, we talked to the anesthesiologist and the cath team to go over once more what was going to happen, what they were looking for, and how long we could expect them to keep our little guy. Then, the nurse came in and gave him some medicine that would make him a little out of it so that he wouldn't mind going back with them for the procedure. One of us was able to follow him into the cath lab and stay with him until he was put to sleep. That was comforting to know that he did not go away and cry for us. They told us that he would be in there for two to three hours. Well, after an hour and fifteen minutes, we received a call from Dr. Paolillo that he was done. He did not see any collateral veins and there was no narrowing of the aorta(which are two things that they look for in the cath that can be common and sometimes keep them there longer). So we were relieved that they did not find any surprises and everything looked really good.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Calling All Supporters of Team Trent

Tomorrow is a big day for Trent. He will be having his pre-Fontan heart catheterization. This is a routine, outpatient procedure that takes place shortly before surgery is scheduled. The doctors want to make sure there are no surprises when he goes in for surgery. Therefore, they do this procedure ahead of time to get a good look around at everything that is going on with Trent's heart. Tomorrow we also hope to get a word with the surgeon in order to go ahead and schedule his third (and final planned) surgery!!!