My surgery went ok. I am here and well, I'm acutally doing pretty well! The pain is diminishing...but I don't know whether I should thank time...or the vicadin!
Yesterday went well. I got the the hospital at 7:30. Everyone I encountered there was so kind and calm. The first nurse I met was from Kosovo. She came over to the US when things got bad over there. She used to be a teacher and was very touched that I taught. She was super kind and I could tell that if she had to chose, sh would go back to teaching.
The antestesiologist was wonderful. He spent about 10 minutes with me, and came up with a plan to help reduce the possibility of a horrible reaction to the medication. Although the doctor was running late, I stayed calm. I had my mom, sister, and husband there to keep me company. I asked the operating nurses not to give me the verset as they wheeled me away. It was actually much more calming for me to go into the OR fully awake. They were talking about my job and my husband. They were all so kind and funny. When it was time for the antestic, I was told to imagine some place I wanted to go, so I said London, then Napa Valley and Sonoma...and even joked about the land of brownie houses.
When I came to, I was in pain. I did ask for Patrick, and they let him come back and hold my hand. It was then i was told how the surgery went. Not the news I was hoping for, but it wasn't bad news. My bladder was attached to my uterus and my fallopian tubes were attached to my ovaries which is why it hurt to pee and the IUI's didn't work. So, she placed some new surgical "paper" around my organs in hopes to limit the scar tissue. In addition, she said the best chance for us to get pregnant is to do IVF.
I am at home with the best nurse a girl could ask for. He's taking such good care of me.
We now know what is ahead of us, and that is bringing inner peace, as our journey now has a bit of light at the end of a long tunnel.
Thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. I ask that you continue praying for us, as our baby steps are not quite over. Love you all very much!
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