Day 2 - June 18th

We saw Dr Bond on Day 2 early in the morning.  He was also one of the surgeons who operated on Chelsea.  There was a concern over blood coming out of the NG tube that indicated some blood from Chelsea's new stomach.  She did receive some blood product overnight to compensate and her urine output had slowed too (Sorry Chels, hope this is not too much information to share about your bodily functions!)

But by lunch time, things had started to trend positively.  Blood from NG tube had slowed quite a bit and urine increased so that was great news!   Chels was doing exactly what they hoped that she would do at this stage of the transplant.  She was resting comfortably and showing no signs of any other problems.
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We had a new ICU nurse on Day 2, Colleen.  She is also fantastic and kept us informed of everything she was doing and why she was doing it.  The folks here at Childrens are awesome.  For those of you who know me well, you know I can be a little "assertive" when it comes to Chelsea's care.  But the Mama  Bear in me has not had to come out  - not even a bit!  Everyone is handling our baby with kid gloves.  So that is good for all of us :).

We also landed a room at Ronald McDonald house which is also super news.  We now have a place to shower and a place to rest while being less than 5 min from her room.  We took our stuff over and got the tour of the facility.  We can stay here indefinitely while Chelsea is in-patient and out-patient. 

Day 2 turned out to be a pretty quiet day.  I called Chelsea's youth pastor Matt Barcalow and found out he will be in Pittsburgh all this week on a special Youth trip.  What a great coincidence!  Matt baptized Chelsea last summer and is very special to her.  He may try to pop over if she gets out of ICU before he leaves town.

Michael also sent some of his music so that we could play it for Chelsea while she is sedated.  I am sure that she can hear it although she can't show it. 

An excellent Day 2 and we continue to thank God for all his blessings!