We want to start out by saying thank you. Brent was such a vibrant person full of energy and love for his family and friends. He would do anything for them. In July 2021 his life came crashing down. He got Covid and shortly after had to be put on a ventilator. This consumed his family with thoughts of if he would come home. It almost became a reality that no one was ready for. He had miracle after miracle happen so that he finally made it home. But he was no longer the same person as he once was. It was a frustrating time for not only him but his family as well. He started to get stronger and it looked like he would be fine. He got the flu and that sent his body tumbling into a pit he could not get out of. His liver was dying and it was going fast. He had to get on the transplant list. The only problem was that he had, had Covid and they don’t make it through the process. He had two weeks to get tests done and all the check up stuff to just get on the list and he was only getting weaker. Miracles happened. He got everything done but failed one test. His coordinator argued for him and because Brent was self motivated he got on the list. When it came time for getting pre approval from insurance another miracle happened. It was the fastest approval given with it only being hours after the request was made. Brent is type b blood and that is pretty rare and so even though he was high on list it was going to be a time to wait. 4 livers that didn’t work out and time was running out. He got a cold and his blood pressure dropped. It was a whole 65/18. He was admitted into the hospital and would stay there until a liver was found. It really wasn’t looking good. But another miracle happened. They had a unicorn liver meaning one that is perfect. It came just in time because any longer and he would have been too sick to have surgery. Brent was one of the first Post Covid patients to get on the transplant list and to get a liver. During all this time his wife has had to navigate short term disability and having to live off 60% of his income. It was a time for miracles and receiving help. We ask if you can give a little it would be a great help. We hope that in time he will have the strength to play with his kids and help out people like he did before. Family and friends of Brent Davis are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

July 27, 2022

He is in a lot of pain today and is on dilaudid. It hurts to move he says it's worse than the first surgery. Still in the icu. Just did an abdominal X-ray already had a ultrasound of the abdomen. Doctors came in before I got here and said this is just a bump in the road and he will get better. Still has the lines in his neck. Still has the ng tube. He will be on IV antibiotics for 14 days

July 27, 2022

Ok, he's in the ICU, they intubated him for surgery but have extubated him and are making sure he's breathing well. They:

1- biopsied the liver. It looks great.

2- saw that it was an artery behind the liver that was leaking and causing the pain, so they sutured that.

3- rerouted the bile duct straight to the small intestine,

4- gave him 2 units of blood while in surgery

5- found lots of goopy, blood clotty hematoma things and cleaned them all out, drained fluid, washed it out.

6- they took cultures since bile has bacteria and fungus.

There are things they will be watching for future, like hernia, and a thin bowel lining.

So for now success! Liver is maintaining unicorn status, we just need everything else to join that status.

July 19, 2022

Brent is walking a good distance. He is getting stronger but had a little set back in the fact he got an infection but that is looking better. We don’t know when he will get home but he is progressing

July 14, 2022

Brent has moved out of the surgical floor and is now on the rehab floor. What that entails is Monday through Friday he will have 3 hours of therapy. Saturday he will have 2.5 hours of therapy. And they have activities on Sunday. They meet as a team on Tuesdays so after next Tuesday we will have a better idea on how long he will be in therapy. But they are going to be tough on him and hopefully he can get strength back and become more independent. Thank you everyone for all the support and prayers we really are truly blessed.

July 10, 2022

Brent is moving up the rehab floor on Tuesday. He walked 250 feet and is starting to progress. He maybe on that floor for a few weeks. Then comes the crazy times of seeing lots of doctors and having lots of blood draws. Also having a lot of rules to follow.

July 6, 2022

Update on Brent. They are thinking the dilaudin is over-sedating Brent, so they've cut it back from every 2 hours as needed to every 8 hours.

That said his pain was at an 11 out of 10. So they gave him dilaudin and Tylenol and they are going to put a lidocaine patch in his right side where it hurts the most, since I asked about other non-narcotic pain relievers.

Brent has been more with it the last few hours, especially when his friends came, at least when they first came. He does have about 25 leads on his head and they are monitoring brain activity.

Brent has a feeding tube in, along with the lipdis, enzymes, etc that they are giving him through an iv.

He fell asleep and was resting when I left which I think is great, because, the pain has made that difficult.

He loves having his feet rubbed, if you visit him.

June 29, 2022

Hey so Brent got a liver that looks awesome and surgery went great. He is now recovering and here is to finally healing and getting better

June 29, 2022

He is in surgery. We have found a unicorn. We are so grateful to be at this point.

June 27, 2022

Liver wasn’t viable so no transplant. Pray we can get one sooner more than later.

June 26, 2022

So it’s that time again when a possible liver is a go for Brent. If all goes according to plan then surgery is at 5am. Let’s hope this is the one we have been waiting for. #maybe

June 25, 2022

Brent went into the hospital with really low blood pressure. He will stay there to wait for a liver

June 21, 2022

Brent is on the list for a liver transplant and is just waiting for a call. He has already had two that fell through.