Trey is a 33-year-old father of two boys ages 10 (Brandt) & 7(Hudson), and two dogs that he shares with his partner, Rachel. Their boys are very active in sports such as football, soccer, basketball, and jiujitsu. Trey finds so much joy in being a dad. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Trey moved to Nashville for a better opportunity to provide for his family. Trey has always had an athletic background rather it be playing sports, training clients, or pursuing a professional body-building career. Trey is a personal trainer at Carbon Performance where he works with various people at different stages of their health journey. He feels the most fulfilled when he is helping others. One of his favorite things to do outside of work is coach his son's youth football team. Again, Trey has a natural gift for coaching others to reach their athletic potential. One evening about 4 weeks ago Trey came home from work and was watching a ball game when he noticed his vision get blurry, specifically in his left eye. Over a few days, his vision began to get worse and the pain began to increase. After various appointments and a negligent misdiagnosis, Trey saw an Ophthalmologist that diagnosed him with a Cranial Nerve 4 Palsy and insisted he gets an MRI because the Doctor believed there had to be more going on. MRIs were booked a month out and he began to feel helpless. Over the next few days, the pain got increasingly worse until he knew he couldn’t handle the pain anymore Rachel took him to the ER at St Thomas Midtown where they immediately admitted him once they ran blood tests and his white blood cell count was 150,000 times higher than the average person. The hospital knew his health was in danger, but they felt they weren’t equipped with the right doctors to treat him and so they began calling other hospitals in the area. Finally, after 12 hours at St Thomas, we were sent to Vanderbilt. Shortly after, a series of tests were run and Trey was unfortunately diagnosed with AML (acute myeloid leukemia). The doctors informed him that due to it being blood cancer, they believed it to be throughout his body. This rare form of cancer comes on fast and it’s very aggressive. Next, Trey had to undergo two bone marrow biopsies due to the first one being unsuccessful, and that would tell us what the plan of treatment will be. Once the results were back, the doctors decided to immediately start Trey on “induction chemo”. This is considered Step 1. Due to the strength of the treatment and the high risk of infection, Trey will spend the first 3 weeks in the hospital in isolation. The idea is to kill the cancer cells in the blood and if successful, he will need a stem cell transplant on top of the multiple blood transfusions he will receive throughout treatment. The doctors also found two masses behind his eyes, and while the doctors have high hopes the chemo could shrink the masses, they must kill the cancer in his blood before they can treat the masses. This is a very long complicated, rare situation that hit our family out of nowhere. A once healthy, thriving young man is now diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. This means he will be out of work for an extended period. Also, his insurance is not covering any of his medical expenses due to being out of network so not only will this be a huge physical stressor, but it will also be a long expensive process. Trey has had a lot of difficult battles in life, but this will be his toughest one yet, and he needs all the support he can get! #TrainforTrey #TreyStrong
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