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Laura
& David Urvina
April
2003
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Tubal reversal Apr 5, 2003
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April 2003
I am sitting here, feeling human for the first time since Friday
evening. Our trip to Mexico went very well, we arrived at the
hospital around 1 pm, even though my surgery was not scheduled until
the following morning. Levy said they might be able to squeeze us in
that evening if we wanted. If we wanted??!!! Of course!!!!
At the front desk, they automatically asked if we were there to see
Dr Perez, I guess we had that lost American look? :-) The language
barrier made things more difficult, but not impossible. The nurses
were VERY nice, gestured a lot to get the point across and struggled
w/ their limited English with embarrassed giggles.
The hospital was smaller than I thought from the photo, you can tell
it is an older building, but it was definitely clean. They told us
that we would go to surgery between 7 and 8 pm. The afternoon drug
by SO slow, we watched TV, there were a number of English speaking
shows on, but you had to surf for them. I thought, with a laugh to
myself as I got my I.V., this was not the gentle nurse people had
spoken of! :o) Ouch! Levy came in just before 7 pm to talk to us,
and told me that they would be back in about 5 mins. for me. Moments
later, the nurse was there with a wheel chair, putting booties on my
feet and hat over my hair and we were off! It was a short distance
to the OR. I thought it looked very old fashioned but again, it was
very clean.
I got up on the table as my husband got dressed in scrubs, and laid
on my side for the epidural. They put in the sedative in my I.V. and
I could barely form the words to ask Levy to look at my ovaries to
see if I had ovulated last month, I heard my husband talking and
that was it.....till they were done. David said they let him see
everything, each layer they cut, showed him each tube and ovary,
showed him when they flushed the tubes with saline after they had
been reattached. And they showed him where I had ovulated last month
and where the egg for this month was already developing. He said
that Levy is the one who sewed me up.
Sometime during the night, I woke up hurting, I told the nurse and a
moment or two later Levy showed up and put more medicine in my
epidural. The next day was rough, I wont lie. I was shocked at how
much it hurt. From past procedures, I thought I handled pain well,
but apparently not. I took whatever medicine they would give me and
it still hurt. I was miserable but I knew why I was there and would
not change a thing. I didn't get to meet any of the other ladies, I
was disappointed, but I never left my room. David went to lunch with
Levy's brother, Luiz. A nice kid, he is studying to be a dentist. He
took David shopping and he bought some really nice stuff for
everyone at home.
When I was finally off the I.V. and allowed to shower, I could
barely move. David had to undress me, wash me and dress me. I hated
feeling so helpless, but I was ready to go! After we were released,
we headed to our hotel. I was already late for my meds. when we
left, so by the time we got to Harlingen, I hurt so bad, I just
cried. The next morning I was feeling better though still moving in
slow motion. We arranged for assistance at the airport and had
wheelchairs waiting for us at every stop. I couldn't have made it
without those.
From then on, I made sure I took my meds on time and I did fine. I
was SO happy to be home. I'm feeling a lot better physically, but I
cannot tell you the relief I feel, knowing that I am whole again.
The feeling that each month might bring the miracle that we all
want. Even though it was more painful than I had expected, I
wouldn't change a thing (except take my meds on time Saturday night!
:o)
I cant wait to have the pictures developed that we took. As I finish
this, I am ready to lay down again, but I wish the best for those
who are still waiting for their TR's and their miracles.
Love, Laura Urvina
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