I survived!

Well it's been 3 1/2 weeks since my surgery and I survived, thanks to Dr. Lunt! :) I went back to work on Monday and thankfully my boss is letting me work shorter days until I'm 100%.

My doctor had initially set aside 1 1/2 hours for my surgery, well it ended up taking 3 hours. He said the fibroid was connected to more than he had hoped and it was larger than they had thought. The sucker was 10 centimeters big. I am happy to say it's out! Dr. Lunt said I also lost a lot of blood during surgery and had the nurses monitor my blood levels after surgery to make sure they were going up. If they didn't I was going to have to have a transfusion, but by night time they had gone up and it was not needed.

I remember waking up in the recovery room and the nurse was asking me if I was okay. I told her I just wanted to turn to my side because my back hurt but as soon as I tried to move the pain hit and it was bad! I cried and told her "they said it would be the same as my C-Section and it's not!" The nurse was so sweet and just was very patient with me. Then from that moment on, I can only remember waking up every few hours and asking for more medicine.

In the early evening Ashley and Dave switched and Ashley stayed the night with me. I was feeling a little better and tried to eat. Everything tasted weird. I was so hungry but nothing tasted good, but by 8pm I had some salad.

They also wanted me up and walking that night since I was leaving the next morning. I was able to do one lap around the hall, with help of course. Ashley was the best at taking care of me until I went home the next day.

I was in pain for at least a week and couldn't sleep very well. I stayed in the living room because it was easier for me to get on and off of the couch. I watched a lot of TV and played Candy Crush. But the first few days I was going bonkers, I hated just sitting there and not being able to do anything.

I am so grateful for Dr. Lunt, he called me the day I went home to check on me and also a week later to let me know that the pathology reports all came back okay. He had taken a picture of the fibroid after surgery and sent it to Dave. It took me a couple weeks to look at the picture, it freaked me out! But I so happy that he was able to get in there, get it out and take care of me.

My family was of course amazing by helping with Brooklyn and around the house. They took her for me so she wasn't stuck in the house with her mom that for some reason coudln't get off the couch. She is so cute though, she still asks me everyday "is your tummy better mom?" It is,  every day I get a more and more better.

Cards that Allie and Brookie made me.

FaceTiming my favorite little girl!

Halloween Festivities

This year was a little different since I was still recovering from surgery, but thankfully for my amazing family members we had a great one this year. Leading up to Halloween I asked Brooklyn over and over what she wanted to be. I was thinking Merida from Brave because she loved the movie, but one day she finally said Sophia from Sophia the First. I was happy she picked something herself.

A week before Halloween Paola had taken Brooklyn for the day and said that her neighorhood was having a Halloween party that evening. She asked to take Brooklyn and said I should go. It was only a week after surgery but we had a wheelchair and I liked the idea of getting out of the house. I am grateful that they had Brooklyn all day and got her ready because it took me forever to get ready. 

We had a lot of fun but it was a little awkward to be the random girl in the wheelchair that nobody knew. :) Dave and I booked the party early but Brooklyn stayed with Paola and her cousins and had so much fun! It was her first time wearing her costume.

Taking a ride in the wheelchair

I love this picture! They both won cupcakes but Brookie wanted to trade Emma, you can see that Emma doesn't like that idea.

The day before Halloween they let the girls wear their costumes to dance. They were so cute, but it was so hard to get a picture of them together. These girls are the best of friends, but three completely different personalities. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Love them though!

Dang you Fibroid!

Well if you don't remember I found out I had a fibroid when I was pregnant with Brooklyn and that is the reason I had to have a C-section when I had her. Dr. Lunt had said that he thought about trying to take it out during my C-section but he didn't want to risk anything. Normally fibroid shrink after the baby is born.

Fast forward 3 years later, I go to the ER for heavy bleeding. Turns out that little sucker is back and growing again. Great! The ER doc scared the crap out of me, but he referred me to Dr. Lunt for further care. I got in to see Dr. Lunt a couple days later and he gave me some options, but I had to have a biopsy first. After talking to him and seeing my options, he did say that I could have an MRI to see if I qualified for a procedure where they go through my leg and stop the blood supply to the Fibroid in an artery in my leg. The other option, a hysterectomy. My immediate reaction is to get the MRI and even after talking to family and friends they thought the same thing as well. I had to wait a week for the biopsy results, then once those cam back clear, I made an appoint for the MRI. I get the MRI and wait another week for those results. Well I finally get the call from my doctor's nurse saying I am NOT a candidate for this procedure and this leaves a hysterectomy.

I was a mess. I did not want to have surgery. I also always thought about having another baby, but I always had the fibroid in the back of my head. But getting this surgery meant no more kids at all. And it's SURGERY, I'm a little scared. Thankfully my doctor called me that night and answered a lot of my questions.

So this Monday I go in for surgery and get a hysterectomy, 2 months after the initial ER visit. I am beyond nervous and scared. Thankfully the hospital stay is only one night, but the recovery time is 6 weeks! I can do this right? I have such amazing support, we just need to get through it.

Life has been a little hectic. Brooklyn as been sick and even though I don't like her being sick, it has kept my mind off my own issues. She was having really bad tummy aches and it was causing her to get up in the middle of the night, grabbing her belly and crying. We took her to the doctor and he thinks she is just really "backed up". Tells us to give her Miralax and also a probiotic. But a day after seeing the doctor she woke up in the middle of night again crying. This was the longest she had cried about it, so we take her to the ER. After a sad night at the ER, he thinks its still her stomach, he gives her medicine for the pain in her tummy and tells us to follow up with a specialist if she doesn't get better. Thankfully she got better, but then followed that with a really bad cold. But today we are good!!

Being such a big girl at the doctor.

While we waited for her results to come back while in the ER, a sweet nurse gave her some toys and offered to let us pull her around in the wagon. She loved it, but was so tired she fell asleep.

She is so funny. She is talking so much, but she also gives us the biggest attitude. I think 3 might be a little more of a struggle than the "Terrible 2's". Here is just a little update on her:

When you ask her a question and the answer is no, she replies "No, not". 

She is OBSESSED with Play-Doh. She always wants to play with it, and I always have to clean it up. :)

Allie is at our house 4 days a week since Ash watches her. If she isn't there Brooklyn is so sad and she will cry. "Me just want my best friend".

She is so curious about her new cousin in Kristin's belly. She puts a baby under her shirt all the time. 

She loves to do her own make-up and is quite the artist.

She likes to save her own money for the carousel. "Mommy, this is my horsey money".

I feel like I need to update every month because she is growing and changing so much. After my surgery we will focus on Halloween and her 3rd birthday! She is so excited for Halloween and even picked her costume herself.

Growing Up Too Fast

A couple weeks ago, Brookie had a fun weekend, because Fernando, Kristin and Penelope came home and we are so exited to have them back. Penelope, Brookie, and Allie have talked about a sleepover the whole summer. Well they invited the little girls to Penelope's house for a sleep over and Brooklyn was so excited.

I was nervous. We had tried to have her sleep at Paola's house a few months ago and she never went to sleep! She was so excited to be there that she fought her sleep and I took her home. I was afraid she would do the same thing.

The girls had the best time. Kristin had a fun dinner out for them, Uncle Doz, put the tent up in their TV room, Kristin bought them their own make up bag with make up, and then she made cookies with.  Mandy also bought the girls matching jammies for this big day that these girls had talked about all summer.

Who would want to sleep right? Well Brookie did the same thing and we ended up picking her up around midnight. The next morning all she wanted to do was play with her make up. She needs a little practice, don't you think?

That afternoon all our girls were in the Dixie Round Up Parade. Since Brooklyn woke up early I wanted her to take a nap so bad. Well I finally got her to take one, but it was only an hour before we had to get ready. She was not happy to have to get up and cried the whole time I curled her hair and dressed her. But once we got there she was excited to see everything and cheered right up.

I was so nervous again, why am I such a paranoid mama? It was so warm and she had her water bottle but I was afraid she wouldn't drink from all the excitement. Our plan was to help get them started watch the beginning of the parade, then drive to the end of the parade to pick them up. I think Dave was more worried than i was because he ended up walking the whole parade to watch them.

When she was done she was so excited and proud of herself. Why is she growing up so fast?