Hotel Day 1

We enjoyed our day together at the hotel today and Lacey continues to do fairly well. She is still having moderate pain but it is controlled by the medications she has available to take. Her blood sugars have been jumping around a bit today and the insulin treatments after meals is getting a little tricky. She had low sugar this morning and again this evening and we had to give her a sweet treat to make it come up. It seems that the insulin regimen given to us by the nursing staff is a little too aggressive for Lacey. That leads us to beleive that her transplanted islet cells are beginning to work, which is a good thing. She is able to eat a normal diet and has had minimal nausea today, which was also controlled by her medications. She did get to eat a real pizza tonight (and they have great pizza up here), and her parents and I stood around the bed watching her enjoy pizza with real ranch dressing. We all cried together with joy. She has been able to have more time and interaction with Elyse, although she can't lift her, or anything else greater than 10 pounds for 4 more weeks. Elyse has the ma-ma-ma call down, and she calls her mommy often. God has preserved Elyse's memory of her mother, and it's almost like they were never apart. We will see our surgeon on Thursday at 930 and hopefully we'll get an idea of when we can fly home. Looking forward to seeing him again, and thanking him for his good work. All continues to go well, although Lacey has had a severe bout of pain as I write this tonight, but I think the medication is beginning to help relieve it. We hope to have a day or two of enjoyment in the city this week as she begins to feel better. Sorry for the lack of blogging today, it's been an enjoyable but very busy day! Thank you for your continued prayers and support, so ready to see you all. I'll attach some good pictures tomorrow.