<p>de novo means, from the beginning</p> <p>Trent's life didn't look like what his parent's dreamed.<br> He couldn't move, couldn't eat, would never grow<br> beyond the newborn developmental stage. Yet, he<br> lived! Far beyond what the doctor's thought, far<br> beyond what anyone thought would be possible.<br> Trent's life was nothing like anyone expected; but God<br> used him mightily. From the very beginning God<br> embedded in his DNA what would make Trent's life so<br> remarkable. His life was no accident, he was exactly<br> who God made him to be: a warrior, fiercely loved.</p>