| Week 35- 1/18-24 |
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| Jan 21st Michael went to his follow-up appointment yesterday with the surgeon. He told us the biopsy came back completely cancer free! Michael can begin walking and swimming all he wants. In 3 weeks he can start light jogging and in 6 weeks, he can lift light weights and running. After that, he said to push himself as much as his body will allow. Obviously the more weight and muscle he puts on...the better he will feel and then will be able to get back on track! I have an appointment Monday afternoon to see if the doctors can turn Hannah. The procedure is called and external version. Basically, they do an ultrasound to re-confirm she is breech. They give you an IV with a drug that is a muscle relaxant (it has the awful side-effect of making you shake and jumpy like adrenaline). Then they basically start pushing her around. It is evidently painful as described by some, and extreme discomfort as described by others. I am not wanting to do this, but the surgeon wants me to try it before we do a c-section. She swore to me if I wanted to quit because it hurts too much, that they will. They can't give you any pain meds while they do this procedure, so pray that it doesn't hurt too bad and that it actually works. It only has an average success rate of 50% and even if it does work, there is a chance she could then turn herself back over before she is born. I would hate to go through this and have that happen. I want it to work though because then I won't have to have any surgery (which I have never had). Michael has another appointment with the oncologist on the 31st. We are hoping that they don't want to do any radiation treatments. The poor guy has been through enough already. I would be nice for him to start his training with our friend Brady, an Iron-man triathlete. He is one of the few US triathalon trainers. Michael is excited about getting going. Jan 23rd It was a disappointing day today. We went to the Dr. appointment to try to do the version described above. There was some kind of scheduling error. They told me it was today at 1:30, but when they put it in the computer, they did it for next Monday at 1:30. I am 37 weeks now, which is the optimal time for trying this procedure. I will be 38 weeks when they end up trying it next week. I am waiting for a call from the Dr because I have more questions since this happened. For instance, do the chances of it working lesson by doing it at 38 weeks as opposed to 37 weeks? Are there more risks because she is a week bigger? Should we even try it or just give in and do the scheduled c-section? Like I said before...we do nothing without drama. |
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