Surgery and Such

The skinny on the surgery. Everything in the operation went really well they were able to see what they needed to and I handled the anesthesia pretty well and we went home pretty quickly after the nurse gave the okay. Pain has been pretty minimal and I have felt that recovery has gone really well.

We found that I had a cyst on one of my ovaries that was about twice the size of the ovary that they popped and cleaned out. I also have level 4 endometriosis which is the highest level. The injected a blue dye into my uterus to see if they could get any flow through the fallopian tubes. Even after they cleaned me out, they were not able to get them open. The doctor suggested putting us on a Lupron shot for 6 months which will put me into an induced menopause and help the endometriosis. There is a chance that this will enable us to get pregnant after the 6 months, but they are still low chances. Our best chances of having kids on our own is In-Vitro.

We are looking into all of our options including adoption and in-vitro and trying to bypass the lupron shot especially since they are $10,000 a shot before insurance...yikes.

Overall we are in good spirits despite the news, hopefully we will come to some decisions here quickly as to what actions we want to take. Andrew really wants to try in-vitro, but we will need help with the funding for that. Foster care is our most affordable option, but we are considering adoption as well as soon as we can get those finances taken as well.
Other news this week comes with the dogs. Poor Saige must have had some trouble with her pregnancy because Andrew found her dead in the garage Friday morning. :( very very sad. She was bursting at the seams ready to pop any day. By the time we found her there was nothing we could do to save the puppies. Andrew was pretty upset about it. She was such a sweet dog, she will be missed.

I think to help make us feel better Andrew let Rouger (sp?) our newest puppy into the house. He jumped right up and nuzzled his way up to my pillow and nearly took over. That is the picture Andrew captured above. It helped, he was giving me hugs.

I just want to say Thank You to everyone. We have felt such a wonderful amount of support and it really makes a big difference to us. (I'm getting teary thinking about it) We have felt your prayers and I'm certain they are what has given me the strength to accept our fate and face our challenges. Even just the simple comments through texts or facebook or phone calls, they are huge and have meant a lot, so again, thanks.