I brought my son, who has Down Syndrome, into the ER for what we thought was the stomach flu. It turns out that he was diagnosed with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis with a blood sugar of 1737. When my son was transferred to CCU I had to go home and leave his care up to the many nurses of the CCU staff. The next day Chelsey took over being my son's nurse and from that point on I felt she was my angel looking out for him as she would call me and give me complete details of what was going on and take the time to try and learn what she could from me to comfort my son in my absence. From there Chelsey advocated for me to her charge nurse and her superiors to be able to come into the hospital to be taught how to care for my son since he would not be able to do this on his own once he was discharged from the unit. She channeled every avenue there was for me to be allowed to comfort my child and to be taught by the staff how I would need to care for my son, from the new medications he would be on to doing finger pricks to drawing insulin from a vial into the needle AND administering the injections. I am not sure what I would have done without all of the knowledge that Chelsey gave me when I was not there, to the instructions, the learning lessons, and the comfort of someone who could see the stress I was under with this new diagnosis. You have an AMAZING nurse on your CCU floor in Chelsey and anyone who has her as their nurse is in great care!!! This is why I feel that Chelsey needs to be recognized for her amazing skills and caring nature!!! She is one of the many nurses who cared for my son but she went above and beyond what I feel is expected from a nurse! Thank you again for having this amazing nurse on your staff.