Follow-Up Doctors Visit

The visit with Dr. Sutherland went very well this morning and he was surprised and impressed at Lacey's progress and recovery. He released us to come home whenever Lacey felt up to flying!!! Praise God! We are so ready to come home and see our families and friends. Lacey continues to feel better everyday and still has ups and downs with her pain and sugar. Dr. Sutherland seemed to think that her islets were working hard and that we were overdoing the insulin, and causing these daily sugar drops. She had another drop today and it went to 43 so we did the spoon full of sugar in her mouth until she woke up enough to eat some crackers and juice. We are gonna back off the insulin over the next few days and ensure that we are able to fly home without any major episodes. She has taken less pain meds each day and doctors say it will take quite a while before her pain is completely gone. He said she may deal with pains for up to another 6 months before all is working well again. We are thankful for the news and we are hoping to fly home sometime late Monday night or tuesday morning. Please continue to pray that Lacey will gain strength and that our flight home will be much less eventful than the flight into Minnesota. Sorry I don't have any pics of Dr. Sutherland and Lacey hugging...I took the camera but left the battery on charge at the hotel! Hope he'll email us the pics he took with his I-Phone soon and I'll post them. He is a wonderful man and he and Lacey have bonded wonderfully through this process. He tears up at the sight of Lacey and her thankfulness and genuiness toward him has really won his heart. Please thank God for him in your prayers, because he is truly a blessing to so many people.