Chelsea's upcoming facial nerve surgery

[moe]

Wow that will be a long surgery. Prayers going out for Chelsea and family during this time. You have the hard part, waiting........
Keep us posted
Maureen

[saralynn143]

Best wishes, Chelsea, for a successful procedure. Will be keeping you all in my prayers today and tomorrow.

[moe]

Best wishes, Chelsea, for a successful procedure. Will be keeping you all in my prayers today and tomorrow.

DITTO. Thinking of you both
Maureen

[CHD63]

Many thoughts and prayers, Chelsea, that all goes well tomorrow!  ..... prayers for you too, Michelle.  Sometimes it can be almost as agonizing to be the one waiting!

Clarice

[chelsmom]

Hi Everyone,

Well, we are here in LA.  Chels got her Picc line placed early in the day and since we had to wait to check into the Hotel we decided to head to the Santa Monica Pier and Beach.  It was a beautiful day and a good distraction for us both.  She is not glad to be having surgery but is happy that she is doing something that will hopefully give her a bit of a smile.  We are now waiting for my hubby to arrive so we can go to one of Chelsea's favorite places here for dinner.  They told her that it might be a while before she can chew/swallow so she wants to have a really good-chewy dinner.  Tomorrow she will check in at 6:00 am and surgery around 8:30 am.  I'll try to update as soon as I can.  Thanks for the good thoughts and prayers.

Michelle

[saralynn143]

Thanks for the update. Glad you are there safely. Will be praying for you today.

Sara

[nancyann]

How is Chelsea doing ?  She is in my thoughts & prayers.  Keep a peaceful heart you two.

[chelsmom]

Hi All,

Just wanted to do a quick update.  Chelsea was in surgery for 8 1/2 hours which is about what they had expected.  She had more bleeding than anticipated and needed to be monitored for a bit longer in recovery - about 3 hours.  The surgeons were very pleased at how well the surgery went are very hopeful for a good outcome.

She is still having a lot of pain and finding the right combo of drugs to keep it under control has been challenging.  They want her to be on IV and oral meds so she can transition to all oral meds when she goes home from the hospital.  Hopefully that will be on Monday, but yesterday they found that she has developed a blood clot in her right arm where she had a Picc Line.  The vascular surgeon came in to see her today and said that because of her bleeding issue he can't put her on blood thinners, which is the usual treatment for clots, so he will just have to watch her like a hawk.  I don't know if this problem will keep her here in the hospital longer but I am glad to have her under the care of such wonderful doctors.

I will keep you all posted as things progress on her recovery. I am looking forward to seeing her smile again someday.  I know she would love nothing more!

Thanks for your kind comments and support,
Michelle

[saralynn143]

Thanks for the update. Will continue to hold you all in my thoughts and prayers.

[nancyann]

Hugs & kisses to you both.  Thank you Michelle for taking the time to post for us.  I know you are both so tired at this point.
Continued healing Chelsea.   Always good thoughts, Nancy

[Jim Scott]

Hi, Michelle ~

Your update on Chelsea is much appreciated.  The blood clot is unfortunate but it seems as if the surgery went well and, as you noted, she has good, caring doctors.  Like you, I hope Chelsea can leave the hospital on Monday and I really hope you'll be able to see her smile again, soon.

Jim

[jaylogs]

Thanks for the update!! I hope you guys are doing ok and that you'll get to get some real rest and not worry about things before too long!  Keep us posted!
Jay

[moe]

Thanks Michelle for the update. I'm sure both of you are glad that it is OVER with and I pray that the clot from the PICC line dissolves itself.
Hopefully home will be the plan of the day. Hugs to both of you and prayers for a quick non eventful recovery with a smile down the road
Maureen