mass: an unfriendly word

Woke up monday with excruciating pain in my right abdomen. Two hours later matt was home getting his mom settled in with the kids before taking me to the er. ugh.

After two hours in the waiting room i was finally brought behind the steel door into the chaos behind the scenes. staff that work in er's deserve time & a half pay year round. not a fun looking job. but i digress.

The pain continued to worsen and they sent me for an ultrasound, lovely pelvic exam and finally a mri. they strongly suspected it was my appendix because of my symptoms and the location of my pain, alas that was not it. they did find a mass in my uterus. i learned very quickly this is not a good word, and not one they throw around cavalierly.

Came home (still in a great deal of pain) to see my precious babies (whom i had been away from all day) with a follow up referral with my ob's office. cris had been with b & b all day and they were so good for her, like unusually, over the top amazing. praise god. bethany came over made dinner for everyone and had flowers for me. i don't know what i would do without my family, all of them. i love you all so much.

The dr office called today and said they wanted me to come right in. errr, kinda scary. i really wasn't worried at all up until that phone call. so, i held my breath and prayed the entire drive to the office. turns out it was a cyst that ruptured! what the heck. i didn't know a cyst rupturing could cause that much pain...but let me tell you it can!! it can also cause a lot of similar symptoms to appendicitis. the mass was leftover tissue, and the fluid they saw was blood. it all fit together very neatly into this box that explains what is happening. if you know me at all, you know i like having answers and when we left the ER it looked like we might not get one. i am just overwhelmed with gratefulness for my long term health in tact and that God once again showed his faithfulness to me.

This picture makes me smile. sometimes a girl just needs to splash around in a ball gown.