mdelarosa
I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LETS JUST SAY A BIT FLUFFY (A HAPPY 200 I LIKE TO CALL MYSELF). AT 20 I GOT DIABETES NEVER COULD GET THAT UNDER CONTROL. AT 30 FINALLY (WANTED TO BEAT MY MOM SHE HAD 14 KIDS I AM #13) I BECAME PREGNANT BUT BECAUSE OF BAD HEALTH AND BG IN THE 400'S I HAD A MISCARRIAGE. I TRIED TO GET PREGNANT AGAIN BUT IT WOULDN'T COME UNTIL I WAS 32. HALLELUJAH! A BEAUTIFUL BOY.
AFTER A FEW MONTHS I BECAME DEPRESSED AND COULD NOT FIGHT IT ALONE. THAT LASTED 4 YEARS AT WHICH POINT I USE TO PRAY THAT I WOULD DIE. I'D BEG MY HUSBAND TO PLEASE KILL ME. NOT EXPECTING IT I BECAME PREGNANT DURING THIS TOUGH TIME.
WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR MY C-SECTION I WAS 400#. THE DOCTORS OFFERED ME A TUMMY TUCK SO I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE. THINKING IT COULDN'T HURT RIGHT (WRONG). I WENT IN FOR MY C-SECTION IT WENT FINE. AND THEN CAME THE TUMMY TUCK AND TUBALIZATION...
I WOKE UP 5 DAYS LATER I WAS IN A MED INDUCE COMA. APPARENTLY I HAD 2 RESPIRATORY ARREST AND HAD TO BE INCUBATED. AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS I FINALLY MEET MY DAUGHTER FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO ABOUT 15 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. DOCS ARE THINKING OF SENDING ME HOME. BUT NO I GOT A FEVER AND MY INCISION BECAME INFECTED WELL THEY HAD TO EVENTUALLY OPEN UP MY CUT AND HAVE IT DRAIN. SO I AM IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE TWO DOCTORS ON EITHER SIDE OF ME WITH THEIR BOTH HANDS IN ME (YUP THAT INCISION WAS THAT HUGE, HIP TO HIP, AND PELVIC TO APOX 20 INCHES WIDE). DOCS HAD NO CLUE AS TO WHAT TO DO. THEY STUFFED ME AND STUFFED ME AND NOTHING WOULD WORK WELL ENOUGH TO SEND ME HOME.
AFTER 5 WEEKS THEY HEARD OF A NEW THING CALLED A WOUND PUMP. WORKED OK. WENT HOME A WEEK LATER WITH HOME HEALTH CARE. ANOTHER WEEK AND I GET INFECTED AGAIN. BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A 3 WEEK STAY. AT HOME I HAD NURSES GOING TO MY HOME EVERY OTHER DAY TO CHANGE MY DRESSING. MAYBE 3 MONTHS.
FINALLY AT ABOUT MONTH 6 I GET TO TAKE CARE OF MY GIRL.
I'VE HAD THREE SURGERIES AND 3 INFECTIONS TO GO WITH THEM. (THIS WAS THE LAST AND WORST OF THEM). MY DAUGHTER IS NOW 6 AND MY SON IS 10. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING I AM CRAZY TO THINK OF ANOTHER SURGERY. BUT IT'S BEEN 13 MONTHS SINCE I BEGAN THIS JOURNEY. I'VE RESEARCHED AND DISCUSSED IT WITH MY DOC . LOTS OF NEW THINGS FOR DEALING WITH INFECTIONS BEFORE THEY START. AND DR. JUAREZ IS AN EXCELLENT SURGEON.
I PRAYED AND PRAYED ABOUT IT AND LEFT IN GOD'S HANDS. i GOT A DENIAL THE FIRST TIME AND APPROVED THE SECOND TIME (JUST TO SEE THE SURGEON). I HAVE A APPOINTMENT ON 9/21/10. SO LETS SEE WHAT HE THINKS.I QUIT SMOKING AUG. OF 2009. I QUIT DRINKING POP. AND I AM WORKING ON CUTTING BACK ON MY COFFEE.
MAY GOD GUIDE THE DOCTORS HANDS AND PROTECT US FROM HARM. AMEN.
