#TeamTrent Double Lung Transplant Surgery
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This is my friend's son ,Trent Brewbaker, he is 26 years old and has lived his life with Cystic Fibrosis. CF is a genetic disease that affects about thirty thousand people in the US alone. It is a progressive disease that creates an accumulation of mucus in the lungs and other vital organs, making it difficult for the patient to breath. As the disease progresses, it causes lung damage, respiratory damage and inhibits the absorption of nutrients. There is currently no cure for CF.
Trent has spent his entire life facing and overcoming huge obstacles.
Oct 16, 1992: Trent was born six weeks premature and was diagnosed with Meconium Ileus. This is when the meconium is stuck inside the bowel. At just one day old he was flown to Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center for emergency surgery to scrape the meconium out. This surgery caused an infection in his intestines, the result was Necrotizing enterocolitis. After being rushed back into surgery he had a portion of his bowel removed and given an Ileostomy. He eventually had this reversed and re-sectioned his bowels.
As if this were not enough for a little boy to endure, the day before his sixth birthday his father died tragically in a car accident.
Still he remained a happy big brother and son.
Over the next several years he had two feeding tubes, four mediports, several bronchoscopies, countless CF exacerbations and at least two nasal surgeries.
Trent's day is filled with nebulizer treatments, 5 enzymes every time he eats, and multiple other medications to sustain his life.
His health has deteriorated over the last few years to where his lung function is about 30%. In August he was hospitalized and put on life support because his CO2 levels were too high for his body to function on its own. At that point, the doctors and his family decided to look at the transplant process. He will be going through PENN transplant in Philadelphia.
Post the surgery he will need a primary caregiver, his amazing mother Jodi, who will be with him 24/7 for 3-6 months depending on his recovery. This will require him and his mother to live close to the hospital for that time period. To make the transplant a success it will require Trent doing rehab 4 times a week. The transplant team feels if a patient is more than an hour away, there is a likelihood the patient may not show up when needed and of course if there are any complications Trent can be there as quick as possible.
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Trent has spent his entire life facing and overcoming huge obstacles.
Oct 16, 1992: Trent was born six weeks premature and was diagnosed with Meconium Ileus. This is when the meconium is stuck inside the bowel. At just one day old he was flown to Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center for emergency surgery to scrape the meconium out. This surgery caused an infection in his intestines, the result was Necrotizing enterocolitis. After being rushed back into surgery he had a portion of his bowel removed and given an Ileostomy. He eventually had this reversed and re-sectioned his bowels.
As if this were not enough for a little boy to endure, the day before his sixth birthday his father died tragically in a car accident.
Still he remained a happy big brother and son.
Over the next several years he had two feeding tubes, four mediports, several bronchoscopies, countless CF exacerbations and at least two nasal surgeries.
Trent's day is filled with nebulizer treatments, 5 enzymes every time he eats, and multiple other medications to sustain his life.
His health has deteriorated over the last few years to where his lung function is about 30%. In August he was hospitalized and put on life support because his CO2 levels were too high for his body to function on its own. At that point, the doctors and his family decided to look at the transplant process. He will be going through PENN transplant in Philadelphia.
Post the surgery he will need a primary caregiver, his amazing mother Jodi, who will be with him 24/7 for 3-6 months depending on his recovery. This will require him and his mother to live close to the hospital for that time period. To make the transplant a success it will require Trent doing rehab 4 times a week. The transplant team feels if a patient is more than an hour away, there is a likelihood the patient may not show up when needed and of course if there are any complications Trent can be there as quick as possible.
Housing is very expensive and Jodi will be unable to work as she has been, 11 hours a day 6 days a week.
And while Jodi is taking care of Trent in his rehabilitation, her amazing husband Mike Mammana will be home in Nazareth taking care of their other children, Tre and Dominic, working and caring for the home.
We are trying to help the family raise the much needed funds for housing, transportation, food, lost wages and uncovered medical expenses.
This family really needs the support of family, friends and the community. Please support with donations, prayers and sharing this post.
Thank you!! God bless!
And while Jodi is taking care of Trent in his rehabilitation, her amazing husband Mike Mammana will be home in Nazareth taking care of their other children, Tre and Dominic, working and caring for the home.
We are trying to help the family raise the much needed funds for housing, transportation, food, lost wages and uncovered medical expenses.
This family really needs the support of family, friends and the community. Please support with donations, prayers and sharing this post.
Thank you!! God bless!
Organizer and beneficiary
Leslie Martinez Miechur
Organizer
Nazareth, PA
Jodi Landis Mammana
Beneficiary