"Rejection on the Run"

Hi Friends and Family -
Chelsea has her 1 month transplant birthday today!  And with it, some amazing news!

To backtrack, the scope on Thursday did not show any improvement in rejection status so we were pretty concerned (scared to death is really more accurate).  The doctors continued the steriods and anti-rejection meds and scheduled another scope for this morning. At 2pm Dr. Soltys called and said that of the 3 samples taken, one was the same (not worse, not better), but the other two showed almost normal!  His exact words, "we have rejection on the run!".  We will stay on the current rejection meds and do another scope Monday.  So we arent out of the woods but boy are we encouraged that we are on the right track and that she is responding!  Thank you to all who are praying for her.  God is so good to us and we are so grateful.

Dr Soltys also gave Chels a four hour pass and we left the hospital and celebrated with a picnic by the river.  The weather was perfect and it was incredible to spend some time outside after a month in the hospital.  I honestly couldnt keep my eyes off of Chelsea the whole afternoon.  I am just so happy to be around her every single day.

July 16 2011 will go down as a wonderful birthday!