The Making of a Mommy: Eye Just Don't Know Anymore....

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Eye Just Don't Know Anymore....

Well, we have another waiting game. Mike's eyes have been giving him trouble and his eye doctor today said there are three times as much pressure in his eyes as there should be. He was sent to another doctor this afternoon and that doc said he doesn't like this inflammation and the eyes aren't draining. He also saw a build up of white blood cells on the eye (big red flag for us). Mike's on five prescription eye drops right now and we go back to the eye doctor in the morning. We are just shaking our heads.
Please pray for this inflammation to go down, and please pray that this is in no way cancer related. Please also offer some intercessory prayer reminding God of His promises to us. Thanks.

1 comment:

Nichole said...: Oh Lauren - lots of prayers being sent your way!

XOXO
Nichole; October 20, 2010 at 1:45 PM

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Where We've Been....

July 2001 -- Mike and I start dating (a long-distance relationship with 4.5 hours between us -- lots of weekend driving).
February 2003 -- Mike is diagnosed with lymphoma. He banks his sperm twice before beginning chemo, radiation, and having a bone-marrow transplant (he has 13 vials). He spends over a year recovering and rebuilding his strength and immune system.
December 2003 -- Mike proposes and we get engaged!
November 2004 -- We get married, and shortly thereafter I move the 4.5 hours to be with him -- no more long-distance romance!
September 2006 -- Mike is diagnosed with a recurrence of his cancer and begins several months of radiation treatment. Three weeks after getting the cancer news, we are blessed with a phone call from a relative saying we can begin our search for an IVF clinic -- the attempt will be taken care of, free of charge.
December 2006 -- we have our first consultation with our RE, and she recommends IVF over IUI, due to our limited sperm supply.
April/May 2007 -- We plunge into our first IVF attempt, but it does not work. We are left with five frozen embies, in addition to 12 vials of sperm.
June 2007 -- I am just weeks away from starting estrace to prepare for a frozen embryo transfer when we find out Mike has another recurrence of cancer.
July 2007 -- Mike begins chemo, which continues until September.
November 2007 -- Mike returns to work!
March 2008 -- We're ready to try the FET! I begin estrace and monitoring.
April 2008 -- We transfer two embies, but again it does not work.
Summer 2008 - Fall 2011 -- We took a break until we could get health insurance that covers IVF, but more importantly until Mike tried to beat yet more cancer recurrences.
October 14, 2011 -- My world is shattered when Mike succumbs to cancer.
Present -- Trying to learn how to live without my best friend and lover. Trying to figure out what kind of future I can possibly have. Trying to decide if I will/can ever fulfill my dream of having a child.