Well we have confirmation - Chelsea is definitely in control of all her faculties. While we were at lunch, the doctors decided to take her off the paralytic medicine as they hoped to control her movement by using pain medicine.
That was a mistake! We were only 10 minutes back, when a monitor sounded loudly and woke her up. She was not happy at all with the tube down her throat. She was definitely yelling at all of us and was thrashing about with full strength. I had a hard time reading her lips but I am pretty sure that we were being cursed, along with all of our ancestors.
The doctors threw every pain medicine in the arsenal at her - morphine, adavan, fentanyl. She was not calming down at all. Chelsea ultimately wore them down because they went back to the paralytic to keep her immobile.
She is now resting peacefully but we are all in for it when they eventually take her off of the paralytic! I hope there are enough drugs in the hospital to cover her, me and Bryan!
Dear Chelsea, you really are our "little altoid": small, white and curiously STRONG!! Please save your strength for your recovery. Know that you are ALWAYS on my mind. I walked by a colleague's desk today and saw a sign on her desk that said "The best thing about having a sister is always having a friend" and it almost made my knees buckle. I love you so incredibly much and can hardly breathe without talking to you or seeing you. BUT I know that when you recover, we have be able to able to do the things on our "list"; our girl trips, shopping, and eating whatever we want! I will keep praying for you, Lou! Miss you so much, Kelly
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