Friday, June 20, 2008

June 20th day +45

I have good news I am engrafted 100%. The doc's keep saying the donor had great cells. The chemo really has not done much so far, they will wait till next Friday to see if it has worked and we will go from there. So far we see little progress. Doc's will come in one day and say the rash looks great, then the next day I will have a flare up. My diarrhea is a constant, I have started to have blood in it which is not good. Because of this I can't eat or even drink. I am having a very hard time with this cause I am so so so hungry. I have not had anything to eat for 4wks. I am very positive and know next week I will eat!!!! Today the doctor said that my hands are showing symptoms of cronic gvh. Chronic gvh can take years or months to cure where acute takes only 100 days or less to cure. I am still very positive even though it is taking so long to cure me. Hope everything is well with everyone and hope everyone is having a great summer.

Love Trent

7 comments:

Crystal Erickson said...

You are sooooooo Awesome!-We check on you and pray for you everyday! We love you Trent, and all you wonderful DuVals. Keep fighting. We know the Lord is blessing you. We love you lots. Can't wait to hear more good news. Love -
The Ericksons

Shelli Simmons said...

Trent,
Thanks for sharing the good news! I am so happy for you - 100% CONGRATULATIONS!!! I sure hope you can start eating again soon and the visits to the bathroom and your rash will just go away! You are so amazing! Keep up the positive attitude! WE LOVE YOU!!!
Shelli Simmons

The Olson Gang said...

YAHOO!!! YAHOO!!! YAHOO!!! (I'd do cartwheels for you....if I could....I'm afaid I'd end up in ER - and then in a body cast...and unfortunately...I'm fresh out of ER visits this month... ;o) ) THAT IS SO EXCITING!!! We love good news!!! We know you are a fighter! A trooper!! I SUPER HERO!!! WAY TO GO!! And now, we will continue to pray that the rest of the "junk" just gets lost! You so deserve your favorite donuts and milk! Thanks for sharing your testimony - faith and strength with all of us! It sure makes the little "bumps" in the road seem so easy to conquer when you are conquering mountains!

GOOD JOB!! Thanks to the donor too!! What a awesome team you have made!

Sending you our prayers!
With love! The Olson's

Darla said...

Trent,
We are so happy to hear your good news! You are an amazing young man. You have such an awesome attitude! We love you and continue to pray for you.

Love,
The Shupe Family
(from your ward)

Anonymous said...

Dear Trent,
We miss you. We hope you are feeling better and hope there are no germs in your room. Hope that you will get home soon. We really want you to come home. We went to Camp Hobe (cancer camp). We had fun. We loved it. You can come next year and share a cabin with Britain because you are the same age. There is a swimming pool. We planted a flower in your name there in the garden. There was a dance with girls too. We hope that you feel better. We say your name in our prayers. I will be coming up in 2 weeks to Primarys for my treatment, maybe you can have visitors by then. We wish you were here. From Harrison Bashore

Hi Trent, from Britain,

The Farmer Family said...

Hi Trent,

Your brother Nate sounds just like you. I thought he was you for a moment after school. He said, "Hey Kyle," and I swear I thought it was you. I ran straight to him and said, "Trent!!!"

I'm so sad that blood is coming out of your diarrhea now. I feel so bad for you.

I am so sad for you. I feel so bad. Do you remember me still? I'm Kyle Farmer.

Love you buddy!

From Kyle, To My Best Buddy Trent

trishthefish said...

Finally!! Some good news. Let's keep it going. Talon asks about you all the time. He misses his friend. I hope you get to eat some real food soon. What is your favorite food to eat? When you can eat again we'll bring you your favorites. Keep on fighting and we'll keep praying. Lots of love, Trisha