Ok...the veggies were down at the bottom of the freezer, as was the jug of ice from the g'nads. It was all still frozen. There's a little fan down there.
Now normally, when you shut the freezer door, it makes this sucking sound and then when you try to open it during the sucking sound it won't open. Now I can hear the thing cycling off and on, but no sucking sound when I shut the door and it easily opens.
I've got it unplugged and am letting it defrost...there looks like an inordinate about of ice in the bottom of it...maybe something is screwed up from when we removed the ice maker...
*Sigh* Don't know much about freezer repair. I hate it when you have to throw away food.