So I am home in my AIR CONDITION! Praise God! And we got our van back today too. GULP...AND I paid some money to the RE today. Its been an expensive day! YOWSA....Oh well, whatcha gonna do about it, right?
SO here is my update...
E2 : 81.6 they like to see it doubling every 2-3 days, so we are on track!
Follies: there seems to be 12 pulling away from the pack. 6 on the right, 6 on the left, but its still really early to tell. They are all 7-9mm. The vast majority need to be 20mm in size for them to trigger for retrieval. It looks like we are just about 1/3 way through stim. Possibly next Tues or Wed for retrieval?? YAY!!!
I was just thinking how this time next week, I will be a mom. I will have little embryos that are in a petry dish that are my offspring. I know not everyone believes embryos are life, but Matt and I believe that life starts at conception, and these will be my children. That is just so cool to me. Matt and I have never been preggie that we know of, so we have no children waiting for us in heaven, we have no legacy that we've left behind, its just us. And for some reason, it is soothing to me that these little embies will be formed, my cells, Matt's cells, creating a life, however long or short that life may be. Knowing that I have that is somehow in a strange way comforting to my hurting IF heart.
Silly I know. And of course, my hope is that this little one(s) become my "take home baby" that I will love for as long as God gives them to me. I'm a little all over the place in my thought process, I think the E2 is eating up my brain cells, or prepping me for shear exhaustion, one or the other. I know I'm not making much sense, but we'll just leave it at the fact that its a comfort for me.
So I go back on Thursday for my next scan. I'm definitely growing something cuz, I mean I know I'm a chunky girl, but my belly is swelling!!! And that mixed with the bruises, oh yea I'm looking fine! Thank God matt loves me and ALL my jiggley/bruised/deformed parts! HA!
OK off to poke and veg on the couch! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Day 3 of stim...
So on Saturday I went to the RE and started on Stims. Theoretically, my E2 or estrogen level will get in the thousands, whereas on a normal cycle, it usually peaks anywhere from 300-600. And I did say thousands, it may be well over 4000 when we are retrieving the eggs!! Crazy right?? So here ya go, my STATS. This is my base line. (and for my IF buds, I'm taking 75u of Menopur 2x day, 75u of Follistim 2 x day, and 5u of Lupron each night.)
Here are the stats:
Estrogen: 38.6
Follicles: 30+ teeeeeny tiny ones that Lord willing won't all mature. We're hoping that 10-15 pull away and mature.
I'm doing OK with the shots. Its 3 shots a day with 3 different medications. They burn, I'm bruised but hey, its for a good purpose. I'm hangin' in there!! I'm feeling OK right now. Not real side effecty, just a lot of headaches/hot flashes, but I'm getting through.
Our car is a grand total of $1564. Good golly miss molly, but we have a pretty good case against Jiffy Lube. So I plan on writing one of my letters/novels whatever you wanna call it, and presenting them with the hopes that they will pay us back for the damages. One can dream. We will even have the radiator and core parts that were damaged. I love my mechanic though, he is going out of his way to get this done as fast as possible b/c Matt is w/o his accessible vehicle. What a blessing they are!
I came to the A/C being broken as well. Its just not a good week and its only Monday. When you are a furnace that is ready to self combust, and the house is 87 degrees, well lets just say I was a puddle on the floor in tears! OIY. Our fab A/c man is coming tomorrow (sadness) and I'm headed to Mom's house to sleep! There is no longer a bed for me there, but there is a couch and 75degree air! SOLD! Matt is gonna tough it out, its really not affecting him!!
OK that's it for now. Off to mom's house. I'll give you the stats on my stuff tomorrow after the appointment. For now I continue poking and growing some eggs!! Have a blessed day in the Lord.
Here are the stats:
Estrogen: 38.6
Follicles: 30+ teeeeeny tiny ones that Lord willing won't all mature. We're hoping that 10-15 pull away and mature.
I'm doing OK with the shots. Its 3 shots a day with 3 different medications. They burn, I'm bruised but hey, its for a good purpose. I'm hangin' in there!! I'm feeling OK right now. Not real side effecty, just a lot of headaches/hot flashes, but I'm getting through.
Our car is a grand total of $1564. Good golly miss molly, but we have a pretty good case against Jiffy Lube. So I plan on writing one of my letters/novels whatever you wanna call it, and presenting them with the hopes that they will pay us back for the damages. One can dream. We will even have the radiator and core parts that were damaged. I love my mechanic though, he is going out of his way to get this done as fast as possible b/c Matt is w/o his accessible vehicle. What a blessing they are!
I came to the A/C being broken as well. Its just not a good week and its only Monday. When you are a furnace that is ready to self combust, and the house is 87 degrees, well lets just say I was a puddle on the floor in tears! OIY. Our fab A/c man is coming tomorrow (sadness) and I'm headed to Mom's house to sleep! There is no longer a bed for me there, but there is a couch and 75degree air! SOLD! Matt is gonna tough it out, its really not affecting him!!
OK that's it for now. Off to mom's house. I'll give you the stats on my stuff tomorrow after the appointment. For now I continue poking and growing some eggs!! Have a blessed day in the Lord.
Friday, June 4, 2010
I figured....
Why not two posts in a row???
B/c I'm awesome like that! HA!
I'm actually exhausted. That is what I am. It was a rough day at work, rough day at home, rough day all around. Our Van is currently in the hospital being tended too. After finding out RED coolant and GREEN coolant can't be mixed and will turn in to sludge and destroy a radiator which in turn null and voids a warranty, the day just went down hill after that. Especially after Chrysler said, "That will be $2500 please...". AH! WHAT??? Ya, crazy I know. Who knew there was multi color coolant?? And apparently there is PINK coolant too! I want pink coolant. Its purdy!
So apparently, even though red and green go together when you are talking Christmas and elves and Santa's reindeer, it does NOT go together in a car. I have thick orange GUNK in my radiator, water pump and the entire coolant system that has in turn corroded and DESTROYED the system. Thank you Jiffy Lube, who had no clue that Chrysler used only RED and they put in the standard GREEN and it congealed into an expensive, non warranty covered mess. LEY SIGH.
So after about peeing my pants and losing it on the phone (don't they know I'm on Lupron????), my poor father taking several trips to Chrysler, a $75 fee to LOOK at my gunkified car, triple A, a $30 towing fee and the WHOLE FREAKING DAY, my car is now safely in the hands of MY mechanic, Frank, and will cost more like $1000 then the $2500. Maybe less. Still a number that makes me want to hide in a corner and suck my thumb while rocking back and forth moaning, but a little bit more palatable then the whopper of a number that Chrysler gave me. And yes we do plan on getting this all in writing and going to Jiffy Lube Corporate and requesting they pay for the damages, seeing as they are the ones that caused it, all though it was unbeknownst to them as I talked to the Jiffy Lube man today and he had NO CLUE what I was talking about with mixing coolants. So Frank my new BFF has the car in his place and will be checking it out on MONDAY! ACK!! Did I mention he is out of town THIS weekend of all weekends?? Poor Matt is STRANDED! We shall be lugging him around town in his manual chair and my lovely Toyota. Thankfully we bought the 'Yota b/c of its fabulous trunk space that is PERFECT for a folding wheelchair. Now we get to try it out!
Again, SIGH is coming to mind.
So I spent the evening writing thank you cards to all of you wonderful fabulous folks that helped out and came to the BBQ! We are so blessed!!! We raised just about 1/2 of what we THINK we need, and I even have more donations coming in. (And just a quick plug: more will always be excepted! HA!! :D ) We are eternally grateful at the love and support we have gotten!! We are BLESSED! Even with a sludgy radiator and water pump.
In all things GOD IS STILL GOOD!!! mumble, grumble, mumble grumble. OK God, I will wait upon you and hold on for dear life!! OK, it is apparent that I'm tired. I have to be up by 5:30AM tomorrow to be in Margate by 7:00AM, which I take the turnpike to drive to, and my lovely husband just reminded me that the Sunpass is in the van...which is in the shop...which is closed until Monday. Sigh, what a day what a day.
Have a blessed day in the Lord!
B/c I'm awesome like that! HA!
I'm actually exhausted. That is what I am. It was a rough day at work, rough day at home, rough day all around. Our Van is currently in the hospital being tended too. After finding out RED coolant and GREEN coolant can't be mixed and will turn in to sludge and destroy a radiator which in turn null and voids a warranty, the day just went down hill after that. Especially after Chrysler said, "That will be $2500 please...". AH! WHAT??? Ya, crazy I know. Who knew there was multi color coolant?? And apparently there is PINK coolant too! I want pink coolant. Its purdy!
So apparently, even though red and green go together when you are talking Christmas and elves and Santa's reindeer, it does NOT go together in a car. I have thick orange GUNK in my radiator, water pump and the entire coolant system that has in turn corroded and DESTROYED the system. Thank you Jiffy Lube, who had no clue that Chrysler used only RED and they put in the standard GREEN and it congealed into an expensive, non warranty covered mess. LEY SIGH.
So after about peeing my pants and losing it on the phone (don't they know I'm on Lupron????), my poor father taking several trips to Chrysler, a $75 fee to LOOK at my gunkified car, triple A, a $30 towing fee and the WHOLE FREAKING DAY, my car is now safely in the hands of MY mechanic, Frank, and will cost more like $1000 then the $2500. Maybe less. Still a number that makes me want to hide in a corner and suck my thumb while rocking back and forth moaning, but a little bit more palatable then the whopper of a number that Chrysler gave me. And yes we do plan on getting this all in writing and going to Jiffy Lube Corporate and requesting they pay for the damages, seeing as they are the ones that caused it, all though it was unbeknownst to them as I talked to the Jiffy Lube man today and he had NO CLUE what I was talking about with mixing coolants. So Frank my new BFF has the car in his place and will be checking it out on MONDAY! ACK!! Did I mention he is out of town THIS weekend of all weekends?? Poor Matt is STRANDED! We shall be lugging him around town in his manual chair and my lovely Toyota. Thankfully we bought the 'Yota b/c of its fabulous trunk space that is PERFECT for a folding wheelchair. Now we get to try it out!
Again, SIGH is coming to mind.
So I spent the evening writing thank you cards to all of you wonderful fabulous folks that helped out and came to the BBQ! We are so blessed!!! We raised just about 1/2 of what we THINK we need, and I even have more donations coming in. (And just a quick plug: more will always be excepted! HA!! :D ) We are eternally grateful at the love and support we have gotten!! We are BLESSED! Even with a sludgy radiator and water pump.
In all things GOD IS STILL GOOD!!! mumble, grumble, mumble grumble. OK God, I will wait upon you and hold on for dear life!! OK, it is apparent that I'm tired. I have to be up by 5:30AM tomorrow to be in Margate by 7:00AM, which I take the turnpike to drive to, and my lovely husband just reminded me that the Sunpass is in the van...which is in the shop...which is closed until Monday. Sigh, what a day what a day.
Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
It is almost time!
I can't believe we start stim on Saturday! THIS IS CRAZY!!! I'm just WEEKS away from knowing if I'm gonna be a mommy or not. That's nuts!! Just WEEKS!!! After YEARS, in just a few short weeks I'll know.
Wow.
That is crazy.
So Saturday morn I go in for an u/s and blood work, then start on the THREE shots a day in my belly instead of one. I'm doing OK with the injection, just found that it HURTS on the left, and no pain to the right. But you have to rotate the sites around so that the belly doesn't get too lumpy. I've bruised a little, so I have little black dots on my tum, but no one sees my belly but hubby, so we're good!
I must admit I have had a few psychotic episodes with the Lupron. Especially with the birth control pills AND add in a steroid pack for good measure when I developed a sinus infection last week. So I got a little wonky, but Matt loves me and forgives me. THANK GOD! Overall, the side effects have been hot flashes, not sleeping well and headaches. All which I can deal with and heck, probably just preparing me for when baby comes! HA!
We went to Liz and Isaac's (Matt's sister and now our brother in law!) wedding this weekend. It was BEAUTIFUL!! We did get rained on, but it wasn't to bad. It was on a horsie farm out in Dade City outside of Tampa. There were beautiful willow trees with Spanish moss hanging down. Horses running by. Oh it was picturesque!! We danced and partied, and had a GREAT time. It was so awesome seeing all of Matt's family, brothers, their wives, our nieces and nephew. We just really enjoyed ourselves. Its sad that we had to say goodbye, knowing it will probably be a year or more before we see them again.
I have pictures, but there are just so many, well I'm lazy and don't feel like posting! HA! They will eventually be on Facebook, and most of you see me there anyway.
So nothing awe inspiring or grand going on. Just preparing, and praying and gearing up for the next to last round!!! I should have some embryo's safely in my womb in about 3 weeks, give or take!!! I can't wait to be PUPO status, which stands for "PREGNANT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE". I'm ready to be a pampered princess!! hee hee. That is just amazing to me!! GOD IS SO GOOD!!! Please continue to pray for peace as we walk this journey. Matt is having some stupid heads at work right now, and the stress is a lot. Please keep us lifted up! THANK YOU!!!
We hope everyone is well!! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Wow.
That is crazy.
So Saturday morn I go in for an u/s and blood work, then start on the THREE shots a day in my belly instead of one. I'm doing OK with the injection, just found that it HURTS on the left, and no pain to the right. But you have to rotate the sites around so that the belly doesn't get too lumpy. I've bruised a little, so I have little black dots on my tum, but no one sees my belly but hubby, so we're good!
I must admit I have had a few psychotic episodes with the Lupron. Especially with the birth control pills AND add in a steroid pack for good measure when I developed a sinus infection last week. So I got a little wonky, but Matt loves me and forgives me. THANK GOD! Overall, the side effects have been hot flashes, not sleeping well and headaches. All which I can deal with and heck, probably just preparing me for when baby comes! HA!
We went to Liz and Isaac's (Matt's sister and now our brother in law!) wedding this weekend. It was BEAUTIFUL!! We did get rained on, but it wasn't to bad. It was on a horsie farm out in Dade City outside of Tampa. There were beautiful willow trees with Spanish moss hanging down. Horses running by. Oh it was picturesque!! We danced and partied, and had a GREAT time. It was so awesome seeing all of Matt's family, brothers, their wives, our nieces and nephew. We just really enjoyed ourselves. Its sad that we had to say goodbye, knowing it will probably be a year or more before we see them again.
I have pictures, but there are just so many, well I'm lazy and don't feel like posting! HA! They will eventually be on Facebook, and most of you see me there anyway.
So nothing awe inspiring or grand going on. Just preparing, and praying and gearing up for the next to last round!!! I should have some embryo's safely in my womb in about 3 weeks, give or take!!! I can't wait to be PUPO status, which stands for "PREGNANT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE". I'm ready to be a pampered princess!! hee hee. That is just amazing to me!! GOD IS SO GOOD!!! Please continue to pray for peace as we walk this journey. Matt is having some stupid heads at work right now, and the stress is a lot. Please keep us lifted up! THANK YOU!!!
We hope everyone is well!! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
What a bad updater I am...
But honestly haven't really had anything to eventful going on!!! Just poppin' a pill every day....Until now! :-)
We have officially started the next phase. I gave my first shot to myself last night! EEK. I screamed! LOL. It didn't hurt, just the anticipation of it!! Oh my. I am now on Lupron every day, which will help to continue to keep my system suppressed but coordinate my ovaries to talk to each other so the create lots of little eggies at the same time. (instead of alternating like the body is programmed to do) I go back on 06/05/10 for baseline u/s and blood work, then STIM STARTS!
We had our BBQ of Hope on Sunday! It was a BLAST and a total success! God is so good! We raised half the money we need for IVF that will be our portion! Such loving and generous people in our lives that would donate so much to us!! We are honored, blessed, humbled. I just sat on the floor after counting all the money on Sunday and just cried and cried and cried. It is humbling to be so loved and so blessed. Our God is GREAT! And he is our provider!!! Praise Him with us!!!
I've had this post in my brain that I've needed to try and get out, but its not working yet. So hang in there, more will come later. For now, I have developed a sinus infection, so I'm home early from work and going to the MD today to get rid of this sucker NOW. No time to be sick!! Matt and I leave on Friday for Tampa so we can bare witness to Elizabeth, Matt's baby sister, and her fiancee Isaac tie the knot!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am!! All tho it will be strange to bring a syringe and vial of meds with me to the wedding, as I have to inject around the same time, which happens to be just about the time of the wedding. So strange!! HA! We're hoping for just beautiful weather and rejoice in the memorable occasion!!! I'll post pics!
So here is the link to the Photos for BBQ of Hope. BBQ OF HOPE PHOTOS
God gave us such a beautiful day! We had, literally, a 5 second flash storm, then it disappeared and we went on with the partying! We had a raffle, bake sale, and a corn hole tournament with hats and prizes!! It was awesome!
OK I'm headed to the Doc, then home to bed. Hope everyone is well! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
We have officially started the next phase. I gave my first shot to myself last night! EEK. I screamed! LOL. It didn't hurt, just the anticipation of it!! Oh my. I am now on Lupron every day, which will help to continue to keep my system suppressed but coordinate my ovaries to talk to each other so the create lots of little eggies at the same time. (instead of alternating like the body is programmed to do) I go back on 06/05/10 for baseline u/s and blood work, then STIM STARTS!
We had our BBQ of Hope on Sunday! It was a BLAST and a total success! God is so good! We raised half the money we need for IVF that will be our portion! Such loving and generous people in our lives that would donate so much to us!! We are honored, blessed, humbled. I just sat on the floor after counting all the money on Sunday and just cried and cried and cried. It is humbling to be so loved and so blessed. Our God is GREAT! And he is our provider!!! Praise Him with us!!!
I've had this post in my brain that I've needed to try and get out, but its not working yet. So hang in there, more will come later. For now, I have developed a sinus infection, so I'm home early from work and going to the MD today to get rid of this sucker NOW. No time to be sick!! Matt and I leave on Friday for Tampa so we can bare witness to Elizabeth, Matt's baby sister, and her fiancee Isaac tie the knot!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am!! All tho it will be strange to bring a syringe and vial of meds with me to the wedding, as I have to inject around the same time, which happens to be just about the time of the wedding. So strange!! HA! We're hoping for just beautiful weather and rejoice in the memorable occasion!!! I'll post pics!
So here is the link to the Photos for BBQ of Hope. BBQ OF HOPE PHOTOS
God gave us such a beautiful day! We had, literally, a 5 second flash storm, then it disappeared and we went on with the partying! We had a raffle, bake sale, and a corn hole tournament with hats and prizes!! It was awesome!
OK I'm headed to the Doc, then home to bed. Hope everyone is well! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Phew. Its getting hot in here!!!
I've been a dang sauna ALL DAY LONG! And that's only after 2 days. Good gracious. The joys of birth control pills...
I've been having hot flashes all day, like overwhelming uncontrollable bursts of heat and sweat. Reminds me of my days on Lupron. Oh crap Lupron is next on the 25th!!! Gracious sakes! Its gonna be one heck of an electric bill this month I think!
Wow this is gonna be fun! LOL My body (and my hubby) don't have a clue what is coming! HA!!!
OK that's all, just wanted to moan about being HOT!! (Course Matt always says I'm HOT! :-) ) Silly little posts about nothing shall be what you see I'm sure!!! Hey its my blog and I can do what I want! HA! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
I've been having hot flashes all day, like overwhelming uncontrollable bursts of heat and sweat. Reminds me of my days on Lupron. Oh crap Lupron is next on the 25th!!! Gracious sakes! Its gonna be one heck of an electric bill this month I think!
Wow this is gonna be fun! LOL My body (and my hubby) don't have a clue what is coming! HA!!!
OK that's all, just wanted to moan about being HOT!! (Course Matt always says I'm HOT! :-) ) Silly little posts about nothing shall be what you see I'm sure!!! Hey its my blog and I can do what I want! HA! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
And so it begins....
So today was the IVF nurse meeting, CD2 labs and u/s, and financials appt's at the RE's office.
So first off, God is good! Heck God is GREAT!
I have my calender, and they were able to extend me out passed Sis in Law's wedding, so I start BCP's next Sunday (since I have long cycles, its not a big deal anyway to be extended). I then start an injectable med called Lupron (aka loopy-pron as Matt calls it) on 05/25 which I'll take for a while...Basically the RE is trying to shut down my system and get it coordinated so that my ovaries are prepared to start talkin' to each other and creating gobs of eggs and mature them. Then I start stim on June 6th!! EEK! B/c urologist has to be on call for egg retrieval in the event that Matt has no live sperm, he can do TESE right then and there. (ouchie for Matt) All tho we are freezing some of Matt's guys ahead of time so there is fresh AND frozen to work with for the ICSI...but we don't think it will be a problem. But just in case we will have the doc on hand who can extract sperm if needed. (I know its confusing, it is to us as well)
So stim on June 6th for 7-10 days and it LOOKS like my little 3 or 4 or 5 day embie(s) will be implanted over weekend time, so at least one of my 2 bedrest days will be on a wknd. Which means less time missed. YAY BUT work is totally being excitedly cool about it so its not being an issue!!! And all the blood work days, I'll have 7am appts so blood work will be done and I'll be to work by 830-900 at the latest. YIPPEE!!!
So here is when GOD IS GOOD starts coming in to play. We sat down with the $$ girl...I expected to swipe $6000 on my credit card today, pay upfront then get reimbursed for what ends up NOT being used. Yea well not only was $$ girl a CHRISTIAN and praising Jesus with us...She is not having us up front pay b/c she wants to submit to insurance first to see how much of each thing is covered. And she said that the whole cycle is billed at $12,000 but our insurance is contracted for pretty much HALF of that so that will be the "cost" and then 50% of THAT is our cost. However ultrasounds and labs are covered at 100% so the HALF is more like a 1/3. She figures WITH ICSI and freezing charges for sperm and embryos, it will come to about $2500 out of pocket. Almost $4000 less then we planned!!!!! She said to plan on $5000 cushion but that being if there are complications and TESE is needed and extra stim and stuff, but she said, its doubtful and will probably be around 1/2 of that cushion... Oh my goodness! that's amazing!!!! AND my meds are covered at 100%!! (which is around $3-4000)
It's overwhelming how amazing this is!!! And if the fundraiser is successful, we may come out of this w/o paying much of anything out of pocket, meaning NOTHING charged, meaning Oh my goodness this is awesome! Talk about Gods perfect timing in all things! Our nurse is wonderful (her name is Michelle) and she was just wonderfully understanding and compassionate. Which is nice. I said to her, "good lord this is like signing my life away in to craziness." which she answered, "yes it is craziness, but we will love and support you through it." brought tears! She was just AMAZING!!
I'm just so excited and thrilled and full to the brim with peace for each and every step! Its just unbelievable how awesome our God is! They do recommend however that we back off telling the world wide web about each and every step. To just stick with the core group of friends and family. So we are going to stop posting on Facebook, but I'll keep posting on the blog. So please know, to keep up with whats going on, you'll have to check out the blog!!! I understand where she is coming from and I agree. Need to just focus on what is to come and the love and support from those who KNOW and understand, not try to explain or justify this to anyone. So continued prayers as always, and we'll keep you posted! It will be pretty boring for the next while.
So that's our update!! More to come b/c its time to get this PARTY STARTED!!! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
So first off, God is good! Heck God is GREAT!
I have my calender, and they were able to extend me out passed Sis in Law's wedding, so I start BCP's next Sunday (since I have long cycles, its not a big deal anyway to be extended). I then start an injectable med called Lupron (aka loopy-pron as Matt calls it) on 05/25 which I'll take for a while...Basically the RE is trying to shut down my system and get it coordinated so that my ovaries are prepared to start talkin' to each other and creating gobs of eggs and mature them. Then I start stim on June 6th!! EEK! B/c urologist has to be on call for egg retrieval in the event that Matt has no live sperm, he can do TESE right then and there. (ouchie for Matt) All tho we are freezing some of Matt's guys ahead of time so there is fresh AND frozen to work with for the ICSI...but we don't think it will be a problem. But just in case we will have the doc on hand who can extract sperm if needed. (I know its confusing, it is to us as well)
So stim on June 6th for 7-10 days and it LOOKS like my little 3 or 4 or 5 day embie(s) will be implanted over weekend time, so at least one of my 2 bedrest days will be on a wknd. Which means less time missed. YAY BUT work is totally being excitedly cool about it so its not being an issue!!! And all the blood work days, I'll have 7am appts so blood work will be done and I'll be to work by 830-900 at the latest. YIPPEE!!!
So here is when GOD IS GOOD starts coming in to play. We sat down with the $$ girl...I expected to swipe $6000 on my credit card today, pay upfront then get reimbursed for what ends up NOT being used. Yea well not only was $$ girl a CHRISTIAN and praising Jesus with us...She is not having us up front pay b/c she wants to submit to insurance first to see how much of each thing is covered. And she said that the whole cycle is billed at $12,000 but our insurance is contracted for pretty much HALF of that so that will be the "cost" and then 50% of THAT is our cost. However ultrasounds and labs are covered at 100% so the HALF is more like a 1/3. She figures WITH ICSI and freezing charges for sperm and embryos, it will come to about $2500 out of pocket. Almost $4000 less then we planned!!!!! She said to plan on $5000 cushion but that being if there are complications and TESE is needed and extra stim and stuff, but she said, its doubtful and will probably be around 1/2 of that cushion... Oh my goodness! that's amazing!!!! AND my meds are covered at 100%!! (which is around $3-4000)
It's overwhelming how amazing this is!!! And if the fundraiser is successful, we may come out of this w/o paying much of anything out of pocket, meaning NOTHING charged, meaning Oh my goodness this is awesome! Talk about Gods perfect timing in all things! Our nurse is wonderful (her name is Michelle) and she was just wonderfully understanding and compassionate. Which is nice. I said to her, "good lord this is like signing my life away in to craziness." which she answered, "yes it is craziness, but we will love and support you through it." brought tears! She was just AMAZING!!
I'm just so excited and thrilled and full to the brim with peace for each and every step! Its just unbelievable how awesome our God is! They do recommend however that we back off telling the world wide web about each and every step. To just stick with the core group of friends and family. So we are going to stop posting on Facebook, but I'll keep posting on the blog. So please know, to keep up with whats going on, you'll have to check out the blog!!! I understand where she is coming from and I agree. Need to just focus on what is to come and the love and support from those who KNOW and understand, not try to explain or justify this to anyone. So continued prayers as always, and we'll keep you posted! It will be pretty boring for the next while.
So that's our update!! More to come b/c its time to get this PARTY STARTED!!! Have a blessed day in the Lord!
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