Sorry I haven't written lately. Really we have to wait 'till Wednesday to know if Shannon is pregnant. SO, needless to say it's been a long week of waiting. Shannon goes to the doctor at 9 am California time so that means by lunch time i should know what's going on. Wednesday i won't be able to concentrate around lunch time and afterwards. I just hope it's good news!! I guess it's just time to pray! :-)
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN for all your thoughts and prayers and offers for help on so many different levels!
YOU ALL ROCK!
:-) LoVe YoU!
29.7.07
23.7.07
The Beginning of Life
So, It may not seem like much to you but two of those 8 "blobs" aka "pre-embryotic cells" are now living inside my cousin! which means we will know if they "stick" by Aug. 1, 2007. WOAH! Shannon said that the biggest one in the middle looks like Ryan. ha ha! I guess we'll just have to see! We will know if they "stick" in 1 week and in 12 weeks we will be "out of the danger zone" when it comes to the pregnancy. Just like any other pregnancy. It's just really cool how a little bit of science and a lot of God and prayer can lead to this miracle we are looking at now!
Now i know i shouldn't get too excited but it's just so neat to see what our hard work (and money) has produced! AWESOME!
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND PRAYED FOR US.
We can't express how much it means to have everyone's support. Please keep us in your prayers not only now but for the rest of the pregnancy! And then for the rest of our time with our baby (or babies).
21.7.07
Update from the doctor...
So, today we just hung out around the hotel. Ryan wanted to just hang out in the room so shannon and I went to get her food for her two days in bed.
We got a message from the doctor yesterday when we were at
. He said that we had 6 embryos growing well and 2 embryos that haven't split as fast. So we'll try the transfer Monday. Which means that Shannon will have to be on bed rest for 2 days. We heard from Randy today and he got his flight changed from wednesday to monday evening. Which means shannon will only have to get a ride to and from the doctor on monday. instead of trying to find someone to give shannon her shot until wednesday. Which will keep me from worrying too much about her.
. He said that we had 6 embryos growing well and 2 embryos that haven't split as fast. So we'll try the transfer Monday. Which means that Shannon will have to be on bed rest for 2 days. We heard from Randy today and he got his flight changed from wednesday to monday evening. Which means shannon will only have to get a ride to and from the doctor on monday. instead of trying to find someone to give shannon her shot until wednesday. Which will keep me from worrying too much about her.We leave tomarrow morning at 8:30 so we have to be out of the room by 6:30 so that means another early morning! WOOHOO....
gtg! We'll be back in town tomarrow and i go back to work the next morning...FUN! :-) See ya around C-Bus :-)
18.7.07
Venice Beach, 13 Embryos, and the NY,NY...
Sorry I haven't written in a day. Here's what we have been up to.....
We woke up yesterday (Tuesday)and went to the Doctor's office to make sure that Shannon's uterus was actually thick enough to hold an embryo. They said it was okay and that we would be making the embryos Wed. So, we pushed back our reservation in Las Vegas. This is a picture of us at venice on hold with hotels.com trying to change the reservation.
We decided to go to Venice Beach, as well as Malibu. We gawked at the crazy people on Venice Beach.
This is ryan lookin' at people at lunch on Venice Beach board walk... The we sat on the beach near Malibu, and went back to Hollywood happy campers!
We woke up this morning bright and early to go back to the doctors so that Ryan could get his donation to the cause. Shannon got her first shot of progesterone and just thinking about a shot made her cry. Which means for the next two or three days I'll have to make her cry while I try to give her a shot in her butt.
After the doctor's office we were on our way to the great and wonderful NEW YORK, NEW YORK hotel and casino in LAS VEGAS NV we're on the 27th floor of the Chrysler Tower over looking the strip....
Check out the view! Shannon called the doctor's office to see how the embryo's were doing as soon as we got to the room... the embryologist said that 13 out of the 15 eggs survived defrosting and fertilization. SO, they are watching all 13 to see which ones grow the best and strongest. We will probably implant by Monday. (STILL PRAY FOR SATURDAY!!!)
the husband's getting antsy...too much to look at...
SO, we gotta go explore! more pictures to come! Love ya all!
We woke up yesterday (Tuesday)and went to the Doctor's office to make sure that Shannon's uterus was actually thick enough to hold an embryo. They said it was okay and that we would be making the embryos Wed. So, we pushed back our reservation in Las Vegas. This is a picture of us at venice on hold with hotels.com trying to change the reservation.
We decided to go to Venice Beach, as well as Malibu. We gawked at the crazy people on Venice Beach.
This is ryan lookin' at people at lunch on Venice Beach board walk... The we sat on the beach near Malibu, and went back to Hollywood happy campers!We woke up this morning bright and early to go back to the doctors so that Ryan could get his donation to the cause. Shannon got her first shot of progesterone and just thinking about a shot made her cry. Which means for the next two or three days I'll have to make her cry while I try to give her a shot in her butt.
After the doctor's office we were on our way to the great and wonderful NEW YORK, NEW YORK hotel and casino in LAS VEGAS NV we're on the 27th floor of the Chrysler Tower over looking the strip....
Check out the view! Shannon called the doctor's office to see how the embryo's were doing as soon as we got to the room... the embryologist said that 13 out of the 15 eggs survived defrosting and fertilization. SO, they are watching all 13 to see which ones grow the best and strongest. We will probably implant by Monday. (STILL PRAY FOR SATURDAY!!!)
the husband's getting antsy...too much to look at...
SO, we gotta go explore! more pictures to come! Love ya all!
16.7.07
Good News Monday
I woke up by a call from Shannon. She said that the lining in her uterus measurements went from 3 mm to 17 mm from Friday to Monday. Which means her uterus is more than ready for the embryo transfer. Which means SHE'S flying out here. I talked to ana at the fertility clinic and she said that they have never seen the lining grow so much so quickly. So they wanted to do another ultra sound to make sure everything is okay with shannon. IF everything is fine they want us there to make the embryos and do our STD blood tests. (Ryan and I).
SO we got a day off today. We just toured around town. We went to Universal Studios City Walk. Which was cool.... Here's some pictures from the City Walk :
This was at the Hard Rock Store
Next:
This was my favorite poster at City Walk if you can't read the poster it reads:
L.A. ANGST
"OH ANDY, THE HOT TUB OVER FLOWED AND RUINED MY CELL PHONE. THEN THE CAPPICCINO MAKER EXPLODED AND THE TOP OF THE CONVERTABLE IS STUCK SHUT....AGAIN!"
Funny stuff!
Next, We went to Hollywood BLVD. First we went to the Wax museum. Ryan took pictures of EVERY wax figure (or so it seemed) but he likes this one the best:
Ryan prefers this picture of me at the Guinness World Records Museum:
I think I like this picture better:
GOTTA LOVE JOHNNY DEPP!
This picture is for my mother... i just want to let you know mom that the door was locked had been closed for the night and i could still smell the sent outside...that's some stinky girl stuff!
GOODBYE FROM HOLLYWOOD....
SO we got a day off today. We just toured around town. We went to Universal Studios City Walk. Which was cool.... Here's some pictures from the City Walk :
This was at the Hard Rock StoreNext:
This was my favorite poster at City Walk if you can't read the poster it reads:
L.A. ANGST
"OH ANDY, THE HOT TUB OVER FLOWED AND RUINED MY CELL PHONE. THEN THE CAPPICCINO MAKER EXPLODED AND THE TOP OF THE CONVERTABLE IS STUCK SHUT....AGAIN!"
Funny stuff!
Next, We went to Hollywood BLVD. First we went to the Wax museum. Ryan took pictures of EVERY wax figure (or so it seemed) but he likes this one the best:
Ryan prefers this picture of me at the Guinness World Records Museum:
I think I like this picture better:
GOTTA LOVE JOHNNY DEPP!
This picture is for my mother... i just want to let you know mom that the door was locked had been closed for the night and i could still smell the sent outside...that's some stinky girl stuff!
That's all I have for now! I'll be writing soon. We are waiting on Shannon to arrive in town and then we may go see Shawn at the bar downstairs. It's comedy night tonight...
GOODBYE FROM HOLLYWOOD....15.7.07
Friday the 13th, UnFrickin' Lucky!
The 13th was a very unlucky day. I got a call from Dr. Kim in CA stating that there may be a problem. Only, he left a message from his cell. on a Friday. SWEET....Can't be good! Just CAN'T... once i got that call i knew by his voice that this couldn't be good.
I talked to the doctor and he seemed very pessimistic. Which made me worry. He told me Shannon's estrogen patches weren't doing the trick to build the lining of her uterus. Which would make it impossible to do an embryo transfer. If the lining is too thin the embryos won't be able to "stick". I asked him what the options were. He basically said, to stop all meds, wait until her cycle resumes back to normal and try again, only with injectable estrogen instead of patches that apparently isn't being absorbed properly. OR..........you can get another surrogent and when that happens you can start this all over again. (I thought....."yeah...right.....find someone else.....THAT'S EASY!") I think he heard the horror in my voice. But he really had nothing other than "i'm soo sorry the patches work fine 95% of the time!" I thought. That doesn't mean they can't now!!!!! OF COURSE the 5 % chance of something NOT working i fell into... I some how thought through all this that i couldn't let this get me too far down. I couldn't just let this get me depressed. I couldn't. So, After a good cry and a good sigh with Ryan. I decided we couldn't hide. And I'd make my husband go to the "blessings" for our California adventure party. That was thrown just for us by my bible study.
It was the hardest thing to do to tell those people what we thought was going to happen wasn't. IT was even harder to see my husband be so venerable to a complete (well not totally) room of strangers.
I knew those people were the ones to open up to. With my husband and my tears. They did a great job. I must say. Their prayers, their encouragement. Their faith. ALL helped us realize God's still here, and the people that love us are still here.
I got a call from Shannon Saturday morning. She had heard from Dr. Kim. And with some questions Shannon was persistent THANK GOD. Dr. Kim said we can give it to monday with more patches on ( i think she has 5 now).So, here i sit in front of the laptop in Hollywood Los Angeles CA. With my husband next to me. Shannon has a Dr. visit tomorrow back in North Carolina to see if anything has changed b/c she added patches. You don't know how much i prayed on the plane here that God does something big with this trip.
Some of you all reading this right now may not believe in this entity i call my Saving Grace. I call my joy beyond all my joys. But I'm here to tell you whatever happens MY GOD will overcome. Even if it looks like i fail at this part of it. My J-E-S-U-S will be here to cry with me. My God will show me how this is just one more step in this storybook of mine i call life.
That 5% that doctors say it can't happen...my God works his MAGIC in. Yes, maybe in medicine and science but that's still His hand. Science had said 5% chance of things not working...that 5% we fall into. WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
SO, if you want to believe that my god doesn't exist and isn't truly still alive. Fine, but let my life be a testimony. Let my FAMILY be a testimony that there's something you can't see that's bigger than science.
Sorry for the preaching. I just know God's gunna do something big with this part of my life. THIS IS MY STORY....... THIS IS OUR STORY....... THIS IS TRUE LIFE!
I know you'll love me anyways!
I Love You!
Thanks for everything, all of you guys! Seriously!!! I couldn't do it with out you!
BTW the 14th wasn't so unlucky!
I talked to the doctor and he seemed very pessimistic. Which made me worry. He told me Shannon's estrogen patches weren't doing the trick to build the lining of her uterus. Which would make it impossible to do an embryo transfer. If the lining is too thin the embryos won't be able to "stick". I asked him what the options were. He basically said, to stop all meds, wait until her cycle resumes back to normal and try again, only with injectable estrogen instead of patches that apparently isn't being absorbed properly. OR..........you can get another surrogent and when that happens you can start this all over again. (I thought....."yeah...right.....find someone else.....THAT'S EASY!") I think he heard the horror in my voice. But he really had nothing other than "i'm soo sorry the patches work fine 95% of the time!" I thought. That doesn't mean they can't now!!!!! OF COURSE the 5 % chance of something NOT working i fell into... I some how thought through all this that i couldn't let this get me too far down. I couldn't just let this get me depressed. I couldn't. So, After a good cry and a good sigh with Ryan. I decided we couldn't hide. And I'd make my husband go to the "blessings" for our California adventure party. That was thrown just for us by my bible study.
It was the hardest thing to do to tell those people what we thought was going to happen wasn't. IT was even harder to see my husband be so venerable to a complete (well not totally) room of strangers.
I knew those people were the ones to open up to. With my husband and my tears. They did a great job. I must say. Their prayers, their encouragement. Their faith. ALL helped us realize God's still here, and the people that love us are still here.
I got a call from Shannon Saturday morning. She had heard from Dr. Kim. And with some questions Shannon was persistent THANK GOD. Dr. Kim said we can give it to monday with more patches on ( i think she has 5 now).So, here i sit in front of the laptop in Hollywood Los Angeles CA. With my husband next to me. Shannon has a Dr. visit tomorrow back in North Carolina to see if anything has changed b/c she added patches. You don't know how much i prayed on the plane here that God does something big with this trip.
Some of you all reading this right now may not believe in this entity i call my Saving Grace. I call my joy beyond all my joys. But I'm here to tell you whatever happens MY GOD will overcome. Even if it looks like i fail at this part of it. My J-E-S-U-S will be here to cry with me. My God will show me how this is just one more step in this storybook of mine i call life.
That 5% that doctors say it can't happen...my God works his MAGIC in. Yes, maybe in medicine and science but that's still His hand. Science had said 5% chance of things not working...that 5% we fall into. WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
SO, if you want to believe that my god doesn't exist and isn't truly still alive. Fine, but let my life be a testimony. Let my FAMILY be a testimony that there's something you can't see that's bigger than science.
Sorry for the preaching. I just know God's gunna do something big with this part of my life. THIS IS MY STORY....... THIS IS OUR STORY....... THIS IS TRUE LIFE!
I know you'll love me anyways!
I Love You!
Thanks for everything, all of you guys! Seriously!!! I couldn't do it with out you!
BTW the 14th wasn't so unlucky!
10.7.07
Here's Exactly What's Going Down....
So, Here's the timeline of what's going on next week....
Sunday July 15
6:50 am (OHIO TIME)~ Ryan and Rebekah's Flight Leaves for LA
8:00 am (LA TIME)~ Flight arrives in LA
10 am Dr. Apt with embroyolgist who will be defrosting and making the embryos on Sunday.
After the Dr. Visit i think i'll show Ryan around town. The LeBrea Tar Pits, and then Lunch at the Farmers Market.
Monday July 16
8 am Shannon Flys in to LA
Meet Shannon at Dr. so she can get her shot for the day.
We may leave early for LAS VEGAS, if possible.
Tuesday July 17
LAS VEGAS BABY!!! YEAH!
Wednesday July 18
According to the Nurse at Dr. Kim's Office we may be doing the transfer of two embryos wednesday (I HOPE) IF not, we'll just be driving back from LasVegas.
Thursday July 19
Tour the city, or go to malibu (ALL DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DR.)
Fiday July 20
If the transfer wasn't done Wed. It will be done today. We may go to Venice Beach and see all the crazy people, if we can walk around with shannon.
Saturday July 21
Make sure Shannon is taken care of, play it by ear.
Sunday July 22
Ryan and i fly back to Ohio around 8 am.
Monday July 23-25
Shannon will be ALL ALONE in LA... she'll have to make friends (i don't think she will have a problem with that!)
Shannon and Randy will be in LA untill the begining of August. If everything goes okay, they may fly back early. IF the first round doesn't take (ha ha) then hopefully we can do it again while she's still out there.
Thank you for your desire to know what's going on with us!
PLEASE, comment on what you see, or think. I love hearing your thoughts and comments! It makes me smile a bit! :-)
Sunday July 15
6:50 am (OHIO TIME)~ Ryan and Rebekah's Flight Leaves for LA
8:00 am (LA TIME)~ Flight arrives in LA
10 am Dr. Apt with embroyolgist who will be defrosting and making the embryos on Sunday.
After the Dr. Visit i think i'll show Ryan around town. The LeBrea Tar Pits, and then Lunch at the Farmers Market.
Monday July 16
8 am Shannon Flys in to LA
Meet Shannon at Dr. so she can get her shot for the day.
We may leave early for LAS VEGAS, if possible.
Tuesday July 17
LAS VEGAS BABY!!! YEAH!
Wednesday July 18
According to the Nurse at Dr. Kim's Office we may be doing the transfer of two embryos wednesday (I HOPE) IF not, we'll just be driving back from LasVegas.
Thursday July 19
Tour the city, or go to malibu (ALL DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DR.)
Fiday July 20
If the transfer wasn't done Wed. It will be done today. We may go to Venice Beach and see all the crazy people, if we can walk around with shannon.
Saturday July 21
Make sure Shannon is taken care of, play it by ear.
Sunday July 22
Ryan and i fly back to Ohio around 8 am.
Monday July 23-25
Shannon will be ALL ALONE in LA... she'll have to make friends (i don't think she will have a problem with that!)
Shannon and Randy will be in LA untill the begining of August. If everything goes okay, they may fly back early. IF the first round doesn't take (ha ha) then hopefully we can do it again while she's still out there.
Thank you for your desire to know what's going on with us!
PLEASE, comment on what you see, or think. I love hearing your thoughts and comments! It makes me smile a bit! :-)
5.7.07
Only 13507 Minutes Left
But who's counting? I think Ryan and I are! Ryan's excited about staying in the New York, NY hotel in Las Vegas. I'm excited to get away from work this week has been CRAZY BUSY! I think Ryan will be happy to leave work behind as well.
sorry this is short but sweet. I gotta go to bed. I'll write more this weekend!
sorry this is short but sweet. I gotta go to bed. I'll write more this weekend!
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