"Trey Smith details his fight after a life-threatening diagnosis"

[vollygirl]

Trey Smith details his path back to football after a life-altering diagnosis

Goodness. What a remarkable young man.

 

[k-town_king]

He was blessed to catch it before something tragic happened. Glad he is back and feeling better.

 

[BeecherVol]

Makes football seem very small.

Here's to good health going forward.

 

[VolForLife83]

Great read

 

[37L1]

How can you not be a fan of a man like this?

What a great example of how to face adversity and just keep working towards your dream and still be positive even if it doesn't work out.

Good luck, young man.

Go VOLS!

 

[JFreak]

Even Coach Fulmer (now Tennessee's athletic director) came up to me early in the process and said, 'Trey, it doesn't matter where we have to go in the world. We're going to make sure you get the proper treatment to have a full recovery.

Something about this quote stood out to me. I think we're on the right path folks.

 

[vollygirl]

I'm gonna be honest, if I am his dad or his sister (God bless his momma's soul), I would be absolutely terrified everytime he took the field. Hell, I was kinda nervous reading the article, fearing it would say a hit could cause him to throw a clot.

It's one awesome family. I'm glad they're ours.

 

[dduncan4163]

I wish all the success in the world for this young man and his family. He's one helluva player and person.

 

[Hacksaw]

Great write-up by CL. I really feel for his dad when he talked about driving to Knoxville. Brought back some uncomfortable memories of my own son's hospital stays when he was young. It's the worst feeling in the world when you are in fear for your child's life. So glad everything worked out the way it did (for both of us).

I don't know if I'm way off-base, but I wonder if this incident had anything to do with Pruitt's decision to dismiss UT's longstanding doctors. Does anyone know?

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

What an amazing young man. Glad he's a Vol!

 

[VolGirl81]

I don't know if I'm way off-base, but I wonder if this incident had anything to do with Pruitt's decision to dismiss UT's longstanding doctors. Does anyone know?[/QUOTE]

From my own experience, i had a blood clot that was misdiagnosed for several weeks just like Trey. I had no symptons other than breathing issues, they thought i had a lung infection also. At the time, i was in good shape and worked out, hadnt flown or had any surgeries. Unfortunately, clot broke from calve and started several pulmonary emboli causing the breathing issues. Once correctly diagnosed, coumadin for 6 months, no issues since.

My point, maybe clots difficult to diagnose on people with no history or outward symptons?

 

[vollygirl]

I don't know if I'm way off-base, but I wonder if this incident had anything to do with Pruitt's decision to dismiss UT's longstanding doctors. Does anyone know?

From my own experience, i had a blood clot that was misdiagnosed for several weeks just like Trey. I had no symptons other than breathing issues, they thought i had a lung infection also. At the time, i was in good shape and worked out, hadnt flown or had any surgeries. Unfortunately, clot broke from calve and started several pulmonary emboli causing the breathing issues. Once correctly diagnosed, coumadin for 6 months, no issues since.

My point, maybe clots difficult to diagnose on people with no history or outward symptons?[/QUOTE]
Thank goodness you had a good outcome as well! Gosh, that's such a scary situation. How old were you when it happened?

 

[Hacksaw]

My point, maybe clots difficult to diagnose on people with no history or outward symptons?

Sometimes appearances influence such decisions. And of course it could be totally unrelated. Just a thought that occurred to me.

Anyway, glad you were okay...scary stuff.

 

[bigorangecrush89]

Would have understood completely if he had decided not to keep plsying football. Hopefully he is 100% and nothing comes back up.

 

[VolGirl81]

Thank goodness you had a good outcome as well! Gosh, that's such a scary situation. How old were you when it happened?[/QUOTE]

In my 30s and it could be explained as a side effect of another medication I was taking. I feel for Trey because it doesn’t appear there is any rhyme or reason for his situation. Hopefully, he will have as good an outcome as I did!