Superstar Trent Williams

Trent did great before, during and after his surgery today. We are so thankful for that. He is on strong pain meds and resting well this evening.

We arrived this afternoon and after a little Versed, Trent was taken right back to the OR. A little over an hour later, we got a call from the OR that they had gotten started and things were going well. An hour later they called to say he was on the pump (heart and lung machine). An hour later, they were closing him and finishing up. About a half hour later, Dr. Peeler and Rick Baskin (Trent's perfusionist and our good friend) showed up to the waiting area, where Team Trent was well represented by the way. Dr. Peeler said that there were no surprises and that everything had gone really well. He received units of blood during surgery. Which is normal. They were also able to extubate him in the OR which is great!!

It took them a while to get Trent to his room in the CVICU and get him situated. We came back to see him shortly after 8pm. Although they assure us he is doing very well, it's still very difficult to see our little man look like this again. There are tubes out and lines in all over the place on his little body. He has several machines connected to him. There is a nurse dedicated just to him, who sits in his room all night long. She continually monitors his blood pressures, oxygen levels, chest tube drainage, medications (about seven of them through continuous IV drip) and more that she injects through his IV, breathing, heart rate, urine output and probably some more things that I have forgotten to mention. They will be giving him a little more blood this evening due to some low hemoglobin. He will also get some insulin due to high glucose levels. This is normal and does not mean that he has diabetes. They will also start him on some diuretics in the morning to keep the excess fluid off of
him.

We will know more about the plan for tomorrow after rounds in the morning.

Thank you all so very much for all the texts, calls, fb messages, visits, and most importantly the prayers. This baby has been bathed in prayer and it shows. God definitely has him covered. Although we have a little bit of a road ahead in the coming days and weeks, we know it's much more comforting to have you all lifting Trent and our family up day in and day out. We appreciate it way more than you all know.

Disclaimer: Some may consider the following few pics a little graphic. This is our baby this evening. He really is a tough little guy!!!

Heart hugs,
Wayne, Holly, Braxton and Trent