Our favorite little Viperer needs our support.  

We have some tough news to share about Dan and Maureen's young son and our favorite little Viperer, Trent.

Maureen and Dan were in Miami where Maureen was competing in a regatta as part of her preparation for the paralymics. On Monday they had to return when they receieved a call that the little guy had been taken into the local hospital and was being med-flighted from Salem Children's Hospital to Mass General Hospital. 

Dan writes 

"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.

He was sedated while he was on the ventilator, which was removed yesterday morning. He's recovering well now, saying more words, successfully finding his nostrils with both fingers, and smiling at us when his pain is well managed. he's making great progress recovering from the surgery.