Tomorrow is the big day. Jill and Trent leave tonight for Cleveland and will wake up in the morning to a battery of tests, interviews and examinations. The two-day pre-transplant evaluation will determine if Trent can withstand getting new lungs and everything the new organs will bring with them - major surgery, rehab, anti-rejection meds, emotional ups and downs...and most importantly, the ability to take a deep breath again. Tuesday and Wednesday will be grueling and may be the two most important days in the Todd family's life since Trent's diagnosis in July 2008.
I will do my best to post updates as often as I can get them. As we wait in anticipation of the evaluation results, please be praying:
1. For Trent, for strength, endurance, patience and peace during the entire process.
2. For Jill, as she sits by his side supporting and caring for her husband.
3. For Sophia and Bryce, who will be waiting in West Chester for news on their dad.
4. For compassion and wisdom for all of the doctors, nurses and medical staff performing the evaluation and sitting on the Transplant Board.
5. Most importantly, pray that God's will be done throughout this entire situation. A conversation with a friend the other day brought to light the fact that it may be difficult to pray specifically for a transplant for Trent, because for Trent to receive new lungs, another person must die. From what I understand, this fact is one of the most difficult to process for transplant recipients and their families. Please remember as you pray that all of our prayers are spoken "in Christ's name," and that our prayers should always bring us closer to His will, whatever that will may be. And take comfort knowing that if it is God's will for the transplant to happen, organ donors make the sacrifice willingly so that their death may give life to someone else.
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