We were pleasantly surprised that Trey was able to go home late Monday afternoon. We were shooting for Tuesday, but we were glad to go early. It is so amazing that open heart surgery was performed only 4 days ago, and Trey is home already. He only spent one night in the ICU and then 3 nights on the general pediatric cardiology floor. We had many doctors at the University of Michigan tell us that Trey's pediatrician saved his life by catching the heart murmur and ordering the EKG and Echo. Some of the doctors were baffled that Trey's condition would have even caused a heart murmur so that it could be detected. God was definitely watching over Trey for the last almost 13 years of his life. From everything that we have learned about the ALCAPA that Trey had, things could have been much much worse if this was not caught. Praise God for Trey's successful surgery!

We are so thankful that Trey is doing so well and will make a full recovery in what seems like a short amount of time considering the major surgery that he has had. He will not be able to return to school for a couple of weeks due to the germs in school and he also needs those few weeks for the sternum to start to heal so that he does not re-injur it in some way such as by bumping shoulders with someone in the hallways of the school.

Once again, thank you to everyone! Everyone has been so great! We truly appreciate all of the love and support. We could not have made it through this alone. Thank you to everyone that made the trip up to U of M to visit Trey. He may not have always been alert due to the pain medications, but he did know that you were there. Thank you to our family that came up and helped out with running for food and whatever else we needed. That helped a great deal so that we could concentrate on Trey and getting him better.

Trey would love to hear from you now that we are home. Please call or e-mail. We will talk to everyone soon.

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