Sun July 10

Chelsea has had a couple of bad days- her stomach was distended on Friday so they re-placed the NG tube (down her nose and into her stomach) to give her tummy some relief. Chels was not thrilled about this (to say the least) but afterwards felt almost immediately better. Vicrim, the Transplant Fellow who placed the tube, could not believe how tough she is. He said there is no way he could have handled it the way she did. I think she would like to prove that theory (with Vicrim being on the business side of the NG tube next time). I told her that once she gets through all this transplant recovery, there is absolutely nothing that she can't do. Everything else in life will be cake compared to this!

Chels had an x-ray this morning and her tummy is back to normal. She can drink whatever she wants today and then we hope to have the NG tube taken out tomorrow.

Chelsea has increased her activity even with everything going on with her tummy -she did 7 laps yesterday around the 7th floor. We also watched the Chopped marathon last night - which was a welcome diversion. I would not be surprised if Chels says to heck with a undergrad degree and decides to go to culinary school instead. The awesome thing is that once she gets on the other side of this, she can do whatever the heck she wants to do!

We want to thank you all again for the love and prayers. God does deserve all the praise for Chelsea's recovery. Prayer Warriors, please keep her on your prayer lists. And please say a prayer for her doctors, nurses, and donor family - none of this would be possible without them all.