A Love 4 Sailing

Hi everyone,

Trent has become a priority on our minds and thought we should first share with you his update. His tumor has been removed but unfortunately it shows cancer.  Our prayers are with this adorable little boy.   Below is a report from Dan Tucker:

It’s about time we pass on some less than good news about Trent… Maureen & I flew back from Miami on Monday, 2 hours after hearing that our little guy was being med-flighted from Salem Children’s Hospital to Mass General.

He had very successful surgery on Tuesday, to remove a 3cm x3cm x4 cm tumor from his brain. The nuerosurgons came out of the OR smiling, convinced that they successfully removed all of the visible tumor. We received preliminary pathology on the tumor last night & learned that he’s going to likely have 6-8 months of chemotherapy and radiation. We’ve tried to move quickly from the shock & grief to a more positive outlook.

He will be in the pediatric ICU at Mass General for 4-6 more days. We don’t yet know when we’ll be able to take him home. It will likely be several weeks after that before we begin the cancer treatments.

Please go ahead and forward this around. We can use all of the
positive thoughts, energy & prayer we can get, now and in the coming months.

Tell everyone you see to go and hug their kids.

with love,

Dan

On a side note, we have been having some internet issues and apologize for the delayed posts.  Mike Pinckney and I have been working on trying to prepare a second boat (compliments of Magnus and Team Paradise)  for training purposes.  Unsure if Maureen will return for OCR.  We will know more on Saturday.  Stay tuned.