Chelsie Gustafson

My beautiful sister Chelsie is so many things to so many people in this world, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a school teacher, and so much more.  She and her family hoped to spend one more trip to California  to make some fond memories to end a crappy year with. While they were at the beach, Chelsie had a huge wave crash down on her back while playing in the water, the force was strong enough that it caused a clean break in her spinal column just below the rib cage, there is also a fracture. This morning before surgery she had no feeling from the belly button down. The doctor said that it looks as if Chelsie was involved in a high speed car accident, that is how hard she was hit. She is in surgery to repair the break with screws and a rod being put in place to strengthen her spine. We don’t know what the outcome will be until the surgery is over. But, there will be many months of rehab and physical therapy ahead for her.  As soon as she is able to be moved, we need to bring her home to Utah and find a facility that can help her with the rehab that is ahead of her.
As both Chelsie and her husband are school teachers, money is always tight for them but with the funds from this GoFundMe we are hoping to narrow the gap between what insurance wont cover and her lost wages.  We thank you for your prayers and support in this time. We will keep this updated as we know more.